Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Minnie Springs Prospect, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1779
Youngest recorded age at locality: 715

mindat Locality ID: 289981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minnie Springs Prospect, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°16'14"S
Longitude: 115°53'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.270555555556,115.89055555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite

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: Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1779	715	27198
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1779	715	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1779	715	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1779	715	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1779	715	4894

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_714	Locality is characterized by the voluminous intrusions of the Moorarie Supersuite (Minnie Creek Batholith, ca. 1820–1770 Ma) that have undergone deformation and low-grade metamorphism during the Capricorn Orogeny. Two types of molybdenum mineralization are recognized. An earlier intrusion related, disseminated molybdenite found within alkali granites. The second molybdenite enrichment is hosted within quartz-rich veinlets reflecting remobilisation of molybdenite associated with Neoproterozoic faulting.
Michelle_715	Locality is characterized by the voluminous intrusions of the Moorarie Supersuite (Minnie Creek Batholith, ca. 1820–1770 Ma) that have undergone deformation and low-grade metamorphism during the Capricorn Orogeny. Two types of molybdenum mineralization are recognized. An earlier intrusion related, disseminated molybdenite found within alkali granites. The second molybdenite enrichment is hosted within quartz-rich veinlets reflecting remobilisation of molybdenite associated with Neoproterozoic faulting.
Michelle_716	Locality is characterized by the voluminous intrusions of the Moorarie Supersuite (Minnie Creek Batholith, ca. 1820–1770 Ma) that have undergone deformation and low-grade metamorphism during the Capricorn Orogeny. Two types of molybdenum mineralization are recognized. An earlier intrusion related, disseminated molybdenite found within alkali granites. The second molybdenite enrichment is hosted within quartz-rich veinlets reflecting remobilisation of molybdenite associated with Neoproterozoic faulting.
Michelle_717	Locality is characterized by the voluminous intrusions of the Moorarie Supersuite (Minnie Creek Batholith, ca. 1820–1770 Ma) that have undergone deformation and low-grade metamorphism during the Capricorn Orogeny. Two types of molybdenum mineralization are recognized. An earlier intrusion related, disseminated molybdenite found within alkali granites. The second molybdenite enrichment is hosted within quartz-rich veinlets reflecting remobilisation of molybdenite associated with Neoproterozoic faulting.
Michelle_718	Locality is characterized by the voluminous intrusions of the Moorarie Supersuite (Minnie Creek Batholith, ca. 1820–1770 Ma) that have undergone deformation and low-grade metamorphism during the Capricorn Orogeny. Two types of molybdenum mineralization are recognized. An earlier intrusion related, disseminated molybdenite found within alkali granites. The second molybdenite enrichment is hosted within quartz-rich veinlets reflecting remobilisation of molybdenite associated with Neoproterozoic faulting.

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_714	1778.1	1758.1	1768±10	U-Pb	Age of crystallization	rutile	DP14-GP05	Rutile	Anatase, Rutile	289981	Minnie Springs Prospect, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Minnie Springs Molybdenum Prospect	Plavsa et al. (2018)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.11.011	CG476_130	Age of crystallization
Michelle_715	1778.6	1763.4	1771±7.6	U-Pb	Age of crystallization	rutile	DP14-GP06	Rutile	Rutile	289981	Minnie Springs Prospect, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Minnie Springs Molybdenum Prospect	Plavsa et al. (2018)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.11.011	CG476_130	Age of crystallization
Michelle_716	1766	1746	1756±10	Pb-Pb	Age of crystallization	rutile	DP14-GP07	Rutile	Rutile	289981	Minnie Springs Prospect, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Minnie Springs Molybdenum Prospect	Plavsa et al. (2018)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.11.011	CG476_130	Age of crystallization
Michelle_717	737	715	726±11	Re-Os	Age of second molybdenite enrichment					289981	Minnie Springs Prospect, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Minnie Springs Molybdenum Prospect	Plavsa et al. (2018)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.11.011	CG476_130	Age of second molybdenite enrichment - disseminated molybdenite mineralization, associated with pervasively greisenized granite (quartz–phengite) intrusion
Michelle_718	1779	1767	1773±6	Re-Os	Age of first molybdenite enrichment					289981	Minnie Springs Prospect, Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Minnie Springs Molybdenum Prospect	Plavsa et al. (2018)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.11.011	CG476_130	Age of first molybdenite enrichment -quartz veins hosting molybdenite flakes

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