Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Melbourne Rockwell Mine, Little Broken Hill, Broken Hill District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1703
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1697

mindat Locality ID: 96
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-96.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melbourne Rockwell Mine, Little Broken Hill, Broken Hill District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°5'"S
Longitude: 141°33'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.083333333333,141.55

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Mica	None	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

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 C Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Clay Corundum Garnet Mica None Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Ecandrewsite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1703	1697	2353
Ecandrewsite ()*	Corundum	ZnTiO₃	1703	1697	8
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1703	1697	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1703	1697	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1703	1697	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1703	1697	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1703	1697	477
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1703	1697	5614
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1703	1697	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1703	1697	1214

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
	Kristen002299	1703	1697	1700±3							Yes				186665	Stirling Vale (Sterling Vale), Broken Hill District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia	Stirling Vale	O'Brien et al. (2015)	10.2113/econgeo.110.4.1027	EG110_1027

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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