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Locality Name:
Central Deborah Mine, Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 99768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Deborah Mine, Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°45'53"S
Longitude: 144°16'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.764722222222,144.27027777778
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: Au C Ca Fe O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Fe Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCopperNoneQuartz

4 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Gold  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)244143703092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)441437027770
Gold  (*)CopperAu441437030554
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2441437061156


7 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
Emily000002444432438±6Re-Os    YesPyrite 198Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, AustraliaBendigoArne et al. (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455EG96_1455 
Emily000004450.3441.1445.7±4.6     Yes  198Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, AustraliaBendigoArne et al. (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455EG96_1455 
Emily000005444432438±6     YesGoldAu198Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, AustraliaBendigoArne et al. (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455EG96_1455 
Emily000006451437444±7Re-Os arsenopyriteB-2 YesArsenopyriteArsenopyrite 198Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, AustraliaBendigoArne et al. (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455EG96_1455 
Emily000007454440447±7Re-Os arsenopyriteB-6 YesArsenopyriteArsenopyrite 198Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, AustraliaBendigoArne et al. (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455EG96_1455 
Scott-OGR13_299-0002441437439±240Ar-39Arage of mineralizationsericiteLS94-13 Yes Au198Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, AustraliaBendigoFoster et al. (1998)10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00020-6OGR13_299 
Emily000001441437439±2      GoldAu99768Central Deborah Mine, Bendigo, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, AustraliaCentral Deborah MineArne et al. (2001)10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1455EG96_1455 

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