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Locality Name:
Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2724
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2595

mindat Locality ID: 7624
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7624.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°43'59"S
Longitude: 116°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.733055555556,116.36666666667

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti W Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubanite
EpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlandite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinelTetradymiteTitaniteWurtziteZircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aleksite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Maldonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pilsenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saddlebackite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Stützite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tsumoite  (*)Violarite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22724259503419
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S227242595028
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe272425950489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22724259502162
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S827242595067
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2724259509052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2724259501966
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb272425950175
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2724259505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227242595027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe272425950281
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2724259501025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS272425950966
Copper  (*)CopperCu2724259503846
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3272425950802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2724259502970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2724259508173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22724259509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27242595024243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3272425950504
Gold  (*)CopperAu27242595030554
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3272425950104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O327242595014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te272425950804
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S327242595054
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32724259505433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42724259505591
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)327242595030
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4272425950229
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)227242595012537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi27242595088
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22724259505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227242595017380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se272425950192
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82724259501512
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te327242595057
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227242595039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82724259509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227242595061156
Saddlebackite  (*)TetradymitePb2Bi2Te2S32724259503
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2724259504894
Silver  (*)CopperAg2724259505186
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)27242595092
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3272425950276
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2724259504899
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe272425950100
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4272425950380
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe227242595064
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2724259505251



10 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-00093266325952629±34Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00094266325952629±34Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00095266325952629±34Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00096266325952629±34Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00097272426902707±17Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00098272426902707±17Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00099272426902707±17Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00100272426902707±17Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00101266325952629±34Re-Os molybdenite   MolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 
Mo-00102272426902707±17Re-Os molybdenite   MolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo7624Boddington Mine, Boddington, Boddington Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaBoddingtonStein et al. (2001) AGSOGA37_469 


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