Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Vernon Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 280203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Vernon Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount Vernon

Latitude: 24°19'10"S
Longitude: 118°14'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.319444444444,118.24222222222

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.

Calcite	Covellite	Diaspore	Epsomite	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe H O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Covellite Diaspore Epsomite None Pyrite Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Covellite ()*	Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	17547	4165
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	17547	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	17547	188
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	17547	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	17547	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	17547	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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