Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cooglegong Pegmatite Field, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2950
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2823

mindat Locality ID: 61
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cooglegong Pegmatite Field, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°32'5"S
Longitude: 119°21'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.534722222222,119.35305555556

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Beryl	Bismutite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Formanite-(Y) ()*	Magnetite ()*
Manganite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*
Thorite ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Ce Fe H K Mn Na Nb O Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Fe H K Mn Na Nb O Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Beryl Bismutite Clay Columbite Feldspar Mica None Quartz
Rutile Spinel Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2950	2823	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2950	2823	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2847	2847	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2950	2823	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2950	2823	716
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2950	2823	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2950	2823	289
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	2950	2823	414
Formanite-(Y) ()*	None	YTaO₄	2950	2823	13
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2950	2823	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2950	2823	770
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2950	2823	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2950	2823	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2950	2823	61156
Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(TaTi)O₆	2950	2823	16
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2950	2823	1006
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄	2950	2823	51

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG97_873-00022	pegmatite
EG97_873-00023	pegmatite

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	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
Be-00001	2847	2847	2847		high			Gadolinite-(Y)	Be	61	Cooglegong Pegmatite Field, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Jacobson et al. (2007)		BOOK_GPWA
EG97_873-00022	2855	2823	2839±16	Pb-Pb		cassiterite	Cassiterite			61	Cooglegong Pegmatite Field, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Cooglegong	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873
EG97_873-00023	2950	2852	2901±49	Pb-Pb		cassiterite	Cassiterite			61	Cooglegong Pegmatite Field, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Cooglegong	Sweetapple and Collins (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.4.873	EG97_873

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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