Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Johnson's Reef, Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 454
Youngest recorded age at locality: 432

mindat Locality ID: 98779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-98779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Johnson's Reef, Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°43'59"S
Longitude: 144°15'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.733055555556,144.25305555556

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.

Copper	None

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: Au

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Gold ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	444	432	0		30554

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample 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
Emily000002	444	432	438±6	Re-Os				Yes		Pyrite		198	Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia	Bendigo	Arne et al. (2001)	10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455	EG96_1455
Emily000004	450.3	441.1	445.7±4.6					Yes				198	Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia	Bendigo	Arne et al. (2001)	10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455	EG96_1455
Emily000005	444	432	438±6					Yes		Gold	Au	198	Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia	Bendigo	Arne et al. (2001)	10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455	EG96_1455
Emily000006	451	437	444±7	Re-Os		arsenopyrite	B-2	Yes	Arsenopyrite	Arsenopyrite		198	Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia	Bendigo	Arne et al. (2001)	10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455	EG96_1455
Emily000007	454	440	447±7	Re-Os		arsenopyrite	B-6	Yes	Arsenopyrite	Arsenopyrite		198	Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia	Bendigo	Arne et al. (2001)	10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455	EG96_1455
Scott-OGR13_299-0002	441	437	439±2	40Ar-39Ar	age of mineralization	sericite	LS94-13	Yes			Au	198	Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia	Bendigo	Foster et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00020-6	OGR13_299

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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