Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mulgabbie Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 30893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mulgabbie Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Chamberlain Gold Mine (Joe Chamberlain)
Clancy's Reward Gold Mine (Clancy's; Clancy's Hope; Hope)
Eldorado Gold Mine
Ironclad Gold Mine
Karari Gold Mine
Lucknow Gold Mine
Luvironza Gold Mine
Monty's Dam Gold Mine (Elliot's Lode; Elliott's Lode)
Mulgabbie Perseverance Gold Mine
Pinnacles Gold Mine
Twin Peaks Gold Mine
Whirling Dervish Gold Mine

Latitude: 30°7'24"S
Longitude: 122°21'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.123333333333,122.35333333333

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Enargite	Feldspar
Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Aguilarite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Lechatelierite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Enargite Feldspar
Marcasite Melonite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	2680	2600	1	16950	87
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2680	2600	1	16952	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2680	2600	1	16950	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2680	2600	1	16952	9052
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2680	2600	1	16950	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2680	2600	2	16950,16952	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2680	2600	2	16950,16952	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	1	16952	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2680	2600	1	16950	910
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2680	2600	11	16942,16943,16944,16945,16946,16947,16949,16950,16951,16952,16953	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2680	2600	2	16946,16953	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2680	2600	1	16950	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2680	2600	1	16952	5433
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	2680	2600	1	16950	111
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	2680	2600	0		62
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2680	2600	1	16950	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	3	16946,16952,16953	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2680	2600	1	16950	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	3	16946,16950,16952	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2680	2600	2	16950,16952	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	3	16943,16950,16952	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2680	2600	1	16952	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2680	2600	1	16950	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2680	2600	1	16950	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2680	2600	1	16950	5317

2 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
	EG90_845-00003	2678	2670	2674±4	Pb-Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
	Hg-00117	2680	2600		Ar-Ar, U-Pb		high				Yes		Coloradoite	Hg	223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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