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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2646
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2636

mindat Locality ID: 277140
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277140.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Farmer Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount Farmer Mine (Niobe Prospect)

Latitude: 27°42'28"S
Longitude: 117°15'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.707777777778,117.26611111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O S Si Ta 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMicaNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzTopazTourmaline

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)264626361179998803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3264626361179992353
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18264626361179994286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O326462636117999214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi264626361179991966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)26462636117999716
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O626462636117999289
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)26462636117999520
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2264626361179999617
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)264626361179994924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22646263611799917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22646263611799939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22646263611799961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)264626361179992705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3264626361179991214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O626462636117999688
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O626462636117999211
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2264626361179991476


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002497264626362641±5  zircon  YesZircon  248992Dalgaranga South Pegmatite, Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaDalgaranga-NiobeTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 

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