Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rural City Of Horsham, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.8

mindat Locality ID: 288277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288277.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rural City Of Horsham, Victoria, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Horsham
Mt Talbot No.1

Latitude: 36°55'15"S
Longitude: 142°13'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.920833333333,142.23111111111

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.

Andalusite	Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile	Topaz	Tourmaline	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: Al B F Fe H Na O P Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Clay Corundum Kaolinite None Not in a structural group Rutile Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2.6	1.8	1	14568	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2.6	1.8	1	14568	1310
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2.6	1.8	1	14568	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	14569	5591
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2.6	1.8	1	14568	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2.6	1.8	1	14568	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2.6	1.8	1	14568	1516
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2.6	1.8	1	14568	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2.6	1.8	1	14568	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2.6	1.8	1	14568	5251

1 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
	ree-00106	2.6	1.8	Early Pleistocene											15613	WIM 150 Deposit, Horsham, Rural City Of Horsham, Victoria, Australia	WIM 150 (Drung South, CRA, Horsham)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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