Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Milgun Variscite Mine (Mount Deverell), Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 41348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Milgun Variscite Mine (Mount Deverell), Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°59'27"S
Longitude: 118°12'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.990833333333,118.20277777778

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.

Akrochordite	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Calcioferrite	Clay	Diaspore	Dufrénite
Fairfieldite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Laueite	Leucophosphite	None	Overite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rockbridgeite	Sulphur	Turquoise	Wardite

Akrochordite ()*	Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Berlinite ()*	Brushite ()*
Collinsite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dufrénite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gordonite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Metavariscite ()*	Mitridatite ()*
Montgomeryite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Segelerite ()*	Selenium ()*	Turquoise ()*
Variscite ()*	Wardite ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Se Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Se Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Akrochordite Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Calcioferrite Clay Diaspore Dufrénite
Fairfieldite Gypsum Kaolinite Laueite Leucophosphite None Overite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz
Rockbridgeite Sulphur Turquoise Wardite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Akrochordite ()*	Akrochordite	MnMn₂Mn₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄(H₂O)₄	5
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)	28
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	104
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	38
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	139
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gordonite ()*	Laueite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	18
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	110
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	27
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	129
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	44
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	254
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	206
Segelerite ()*	Overite	CaMgFe³⁺(PO₄)₂(OH)·4H₂O	2
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	143
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301
Wardite ()*	Wardite	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	58

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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