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Locality Name:
Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 277355
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277355.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Clive’s Find
Milgun Variscite Mine (Mount Deverell)
Mount Deverell East
Sawback Range Prospect

Latitude: 25°1'6"S
Longitude: 118°2'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.018333333333,118.0375
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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Se Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AkrochorditeAluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteCalcioferriteClayDiasporeDufrénite
FairfielditeGypsumKaoliniteLaueiteLeucophosphiteNoneOveritePhosphosideritePyriteQuartz
RockbridgeiteSulphurTurquoiseWardite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Akrochordite  (*)Alunite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Berlinite  (*)Brushite  (*)
Collinsite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gordonite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Metavariscite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Montgomeryite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Segelerite  (*)Selenium  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Variscite  (*)Wardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akrochordite  (*)AkrochorditeMnMn2Mn2(AsO4)2(OH)4(H2O)41175185
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6117518966
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1175183250
Berlinite  (*)QuartzAl(PO4)11751828
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O117518104
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O11751838
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6117518310
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O11751860
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21175189895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O117518139
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1175187437
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O11751818
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6117518173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1175186890
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH117518367
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61175182228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41175185591
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O117518110
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O11751827
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O117518129
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O11751844
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6117518128
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6117518254
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1175182994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211751839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211751861156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5117518206
Segelerite  (*)OveriteCaMgFe3+(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O1175182
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe117518143
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O117518484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O417517,17518,17519,17520301
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O11751858


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R140626Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R140626
R130671Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R130671
R140625Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R140625

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