Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Thologolong, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 408
Youngest recorded age at locality: 392

mindat Locality ID: 46179
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46179.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thologolong, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Granite Quarry
Womobi Mine

Latitude: 35°58'7"S
Longitude: 147°24'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.968611111111,147.4

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.

Allanite	Arsenic	Blödite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite
Gypsum	Kieserite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Quartz	Scheelite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Topaz

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilesite ()*	Jôkokuite ()*
Koechlinite ()*	Manganoblödite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Russellite ()*	Saléeite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Szmikite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Bi Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Arsenic Blödite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Covellite Epidote Fluorite
Gypsum Kieserite Mica Molybdenite None Quartz Scheelite Starkeyite Stibnite Topaz

20 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
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	14685	706
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	408	392	1	14686	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	408	392	1	14686	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	408	392	1	14686	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	408	392	1	14686	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	408	392	1	14686	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	408	392	1	14686	6890
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	408	392	1	14686	469
Ilesite ()*	Starkeyite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	408	392	1	14686	9
Jôkokuite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·5H₂O	408	392	1	14686	7
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	408	392	1	14686	39
Manganoblödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mn(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	0	0	1	14686	2
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	408	392	1	14686	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	408	392	1	14686	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	408	392	1	14686	61156
Russellite ()*	None	Bi₂WO₆	408	392	1	14686	40
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	408	392	1	14686	95
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	408	392	1	14686	4894
Szmikite ()*	Kieserite	Mn(SO₄)·H₂O	408	392	1	14686	14
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	408	392	1	14686	1476

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
	Mo-00254	408	392		Rb-Sr, K-Ar								Koechlinite, Molybdenite	Mo	46171	Womobi Mine, Thologolong, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia		Price et al. (1983); Ramsay and Vandenberg (1986)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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