Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3044
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2797

mindat Locality ID: 293437
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293437.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Strelley Pegmatite

Latitude: 20°32'6"S
Longitude: 119°0'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.535,119.01166666667

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.

Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Dufrénite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Olivine	Quartz
Rutile

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 Be Ca Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Columbite Dufrénite Feldspar Garnet Mica None Olivine Quartz
Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sicklerite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3044	2797	1	18409	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3044	2797	1	18409	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3044	2804	1	18409	5171
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	3044	2797	1	18409	139
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3044	2797	1	18409	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3044	2797	1	18409	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3044	2797	1	18409	61156
Sicklerite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2835	2835	1	18409	66
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3044	2797	1	18409	1214
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	3044	2797	1	18409	211

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG97_873-00015	pegmatite
EG97_873-00016	pegmatite
EG97_873-00017	pegmatite

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	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
EG97_873-00015	2862	2810	2836±26	Pb-Pb	cassiterite	Cassiterite		245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Strelley	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00016	3044	2804	2924±120	Pb-Pb	cassiterite	Cassiterite		245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Strelley	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00017	2869	2797	2833±36	Pb-Pb	apatite			245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Strelley	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
Grew_Li_2019_0096	2835	2835	2835				Sicklerite	245167	Strelley Pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Strelley and Wodgina pegmatite fields, North Pilbara craton, Western Australia, Australia	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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