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Locality Name:
Day Dawn Goldfield, Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 277710
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277710.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Day Dawn Goldfield, Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Creme D'Or Gold Mine
Cue Victory Gold Mine (Phoenix)
Golden Crown Gold Mine
Great Fingall Gold Mine (Day Dawn)
Kinsella Gold Mine (Sailor Bill)
Princess Royal Gold Mine
Rubicon Gold Mine
Trenton Gold Mine
Yellow Taxi Gold Mine

Latitude: 27°27'49"S
Longitude: 117°51'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.463611111111,117.85916666667
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21154093419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1154098803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21154093092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS215409,154109052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6215407,154102060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)215409,1541527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211541027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O215410,154133531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1154103846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1154098173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS215409,1541024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu815407,15408,15409,15410,15411,15412,15413,1541430554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31154095433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1154071487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4215407,1540914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211540917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2215409,1541039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8215409,154109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2315409,15410,1541461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11541021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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