Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Pyrites Creek (Coimadai Creek; Pyretes Creek; Pyrete Creek), Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 279076
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279076.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pyrites Creek (Coimadai Creek; Pyretes Creek; Pyrete Creek), Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Coimadai Antimony Mine

Latitude: 37°33'29"S
Longitude: 144°29'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.558055555556,144.495

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.

Arsenopyrite	Epsomite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Stibnite

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 Ca Fe H Mg O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Epsomite Gypsum None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Stibnite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kermesite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	14394	9052
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	14394	352
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	14394	484
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1	14394	66
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	14394	6890
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	14394	230
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	14394	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	14394	61156
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	14394	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	14394	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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