Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Mount Mulgine Mine (Mulgine Hill), Mount Mulgine, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 27913
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27913.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Mulgine Mine (Mulgine Hill), Mount Mulgine, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°10'57"S
Longitude: 116°58'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.1825,116.97416666667

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.

Allophane	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Ti W Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2910	2670	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2910	2670	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2910	2670	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2910	2670	3531
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	2910	2670	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2910	2670	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2910	2670	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2910	2670	5433
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2910	2670	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2910	2670	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2910	2670	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2910	2670	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2910	2670	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2910	2670	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2910	2670	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2910	2670	5186
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2910	2670	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00218	2850	2670	2760±90	Re-Os			molybdenite				Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite	Mo	27913	Mount Mulgine Mine (Mulgine Hill), Mount Mulgine, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt. Mulgine	Suzuki et al. (1993)	10.1016/0016-7037(93)90021-N	GCA57_1625
	Mo-00219	2910	2730	2820±90	Re-Os			molybdenite				Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite	Mo	27913	Mount Mulgine Mine (Mulgine Hill), Mount Mulgine, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Mt. Mulgine	Suzuki et al. (1993)	10.1016/0016-7037(93)90021-N	GCA57_1625

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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