Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Three Springs, Three Springs Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 279150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Three Springs, Three Springs Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Durack Mineral Sands Prospect
Niven Deposit
Three Springs Talc Mine

Latitude: 29°34'22"S
Longitude: 115°46'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.572777777778,115.77861111111

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.

Clay	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Rutile	Talc	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: C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum None Pyrite Rutile Talc Zircon

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Talc ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	18642,18643	9895
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	18641	5433
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	18643	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	18641	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	18642,18643	3337
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	18641	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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