Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gabanintha, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 276786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gabanintha, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Copper Hills Well
Copper King Mine
Gabanintha Gold Mine (Gabanintha-Yarrabubba Group)
Gabanintha Vanadium Prospects
Lady Alma Mine
Mountain View Group
Nowathanna Vanadium Prospects
Quinns Gold Area
Star Of The East Gold Mine
Tumblegum Workings

Latitude: 26°55'49"S
Longitude: 118°38'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.930277777778,118.64111111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Calcite	Carpholite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wagnerite

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Aluminoceladonite ()*
Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gedrite ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tsumoite ()*	Volynskite ()*	Wagnerite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Carpholite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wagnerite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	17461,17466,17467	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	17466	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	17466	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	17471	2353
Aluminoceladonite ()*	Mica	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)Al(Si₄O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	17468	12
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	17468	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	17472	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	17466,17470	718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	17459,17472	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	17460,17472	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	17467,17472	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	17460,17472	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	17459,17462,17465,17466,17469,17470,17471,17472	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	17459,17460,17465,17472	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	17467	1025
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	17466	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	17460	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	17460,17471,17472	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	17464,17466,17467,17469,17470	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	17466	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	17468	178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	17460,17465,17472,17473	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	17471	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	17461	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	17461,17466,17468	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	17461,17471	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	17468	1507
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	17471	229
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	MgAl₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	1	17468	23
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	17459,17461,17464,17465,17466,17469,17470,17471	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	17459,17460,17472	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	17465,17467,17468,17470	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	17466	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	17470	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	17459,17465,17466,17467,17470,17471	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	17465,17466,17470,17471	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	17458,17459,17460,17462,17463,17464,17465,17466,17467,17469,17470,17471,17472,17473	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	1	17466	64
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	17467,17471	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	17468	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	17459,17465,17466,17469,17471	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1	17466	92
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	6	17458,17461,17466,17468,17470,17471	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	17466	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	17465	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	17466	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	17465	5317
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1	17466	100
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	1	17466	64
Wagnerite ()*	Wagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)F	1	17466	61

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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