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Locality Name:
Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2646
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2590

mindat Locality ID: 276862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dalgaranga Meteorite (Dalgaranga Crater)
Dalgaranga Mine
Dalgaranga South Pegmatite
Gilbey's Gold Mine
Golden Wing Gold Mine

Latitude: 27°44'44"S
Longitude: 117°15'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.745555555556,117.25694444444

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.

Beryl	Cerite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Iron	Mica	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Topaz	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Enstatite ()*	Euclase ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Merrillite ()*
Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Simpsonite ()*	Taenite ()*
Tetrataenite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*

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: Al Au Be C Ca Cr F Fe H K Li Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sn Ta Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Cerite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Iron Mica None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Topaz Tridymite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2646	2590	2	17992,17993	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	17991	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	17991	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2590	2590	1	17992	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2646	2636	1	17993	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	17991	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	17991	951
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	17991	944
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	2590	2590	1	17992	120
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2646	2636	1	17993	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	17994,17995	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	17991	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	17991	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	17991	1089
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	17991	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2646	2590	2	17992,17993	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2590	2590	1	17992	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2646	2590	2	17992,17993	17380
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			1	17991	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2590	2590	2	17992,17994	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2646	2590	4	17992,17993,17994,17995	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	17991	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	17991	374
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	2590	2590	1	17992	16
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	17991	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi			1	17991	116
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2646	2636	1	17993	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	17991	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	17991	1044

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Be-00056	2590	2590	2590			high						Euclase	Be	248991	Dalgaranga Mine, Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Jacobson et al. (2007)		BOOK_GPWA
	Kristen002497	2646	2636	2641±5				zircon				Zircon			248992	Dalgaranga South Pegmatite, Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Dalgaranga-Niobe	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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