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Locality Name:
Mount Mulgine, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2910
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2670

mindat Locality ID: 278238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Mulgine, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mount Mulgine Mine (Mulgine Hill)
Tungsten Hill (Tungsten Trench)

Latitude: 29°10'53"S
Longitude: 116°58'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.181388888889,116.975
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: Ag Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBerylBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKobelliteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteTitaniteUllmanniteZircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tintinaite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)291026701182578803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21182583092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb118258363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1182589052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18291026701182574286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1182581966
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6118258248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11825827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS229102670218257,1825827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41182583902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O291026701182573531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1182588173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O29102670118257345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF229102670218257,182589617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11825824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2910267011825730554
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)118258469
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O329102670218257,182585433
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2118258234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411825814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21182585674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)291026701182574924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS229102670218257,182585800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)229102670218257,1825817380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS118258767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81182581512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21182582273
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)29102670118257494
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31182581425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229102670218257,1825839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81182589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229102670218257,1825861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21182585614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)29102670218257,182584894
Silver  (*)CopperAg291026701182575186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11825821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131182585317
Tintinaite  (*)KobellitePb10Cu2Sb16S3511825824
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1182584899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21182582562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS118258293
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)291026701182575251


2 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
Mo-00218285026702760±90Re-Os molybdenite   MolybdeniteFerrimolybdite, MolybdeniteMo27913Mount Mulgine Mine (Mulgine Hill), Mount Mulgine, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMt. MulgineSuzuki et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90021-NGCA57_1625 
Mo-00219291027302820±90Re-Os molybdenite   MolybdeniteFerrimolybdite, MolybdeniteMo27913Mount Mulgine Mine (Mulgine Hill), Mount Mulgine, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaMt. MulgineSuzuki et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90021-NGCA57_1625 

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