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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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: 
AllaniteArsenicBlöditeChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCovelliteEpidoteFluorite
GypsumKieseriteMicaMolybdeniteNoneQuartzScheeliteStarkeyiteStibniteTopaz

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Ilesite  (*)Jôkokuite  (*)
Koechlinite  (*)Manganoblödite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Russellite  (*)Saléeite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Szmikite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)114685706
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi4083921146861966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34083921146861935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240839211468627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4083921146864165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24083921146869617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4083921146866890
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)408392114686469
Ilesite  (*)StarkeyiteMn2+(SO4)·4H2O4083921146869
Jôkokuite  (*)ChalcanthiteMn2+(SO4)·5H2O4083921146867
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO640839211468639
Manganoblödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mn(SO4)2·4H2O001146862
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24083921146865800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)240839211468617380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO240839211468661156
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO640839211468640
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1040839211468695
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4083921146864894
Szmikite  (*)KieseriteMn(SO4)·H2O40839211468614
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F24083921146861476



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00254408392 Rb-Sr, K-Ar     Koechlinite, MolybdeniteMo46171Womobi Mine, Thologolong, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia Price et al. (1983); Ramsay and Vandenberg (1986)   


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