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Locality Name:
Bellevue Gold Mine, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2700

mindat Locality ID: 8627
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8627.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bellevue Gold Mine, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°38'23"S
Longitude: 120°33'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.639722222222,120.55888888889

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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Quartz

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2710	2700	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2710	2700	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2710	2700	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2710	2700	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2710	2700	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2710	2700	30554
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2710	2700	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2710	2700	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2710	2700	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2710	2700	61156
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2710	2700	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG105_1057_030	Also see: DOI 10.1007/s00710-004-0044-6

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
	EG105_1057_030	2710	2700	2710-2700							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	205671	Agnew Gold Mine (Waroonga Underground Complex; Waroonga; Waroonga South; 450 South; EMU; Woronga), Agnew Goldfield (Lawlers), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Agnew-Wiluna Belt	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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