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Locality Name:
Thursdays Gossan Prospect, Dunkeld District, Rural City Of Ararat, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 542
Youngest recorded age at locality: 488

mindat Locality ID: 205846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thursdays Gossan Prospect, Dunkeld District, Rural City Of Ararat, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°36'41"S
Longitude: 142°36'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.611388888889,142.6075

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite
Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	542	488	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	542	488	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	542	488	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	542	488	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	542	488	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	542	488	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	542	488	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	542	488	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	542	488	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	542	488	61156

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
	PorphCu-00289	542	488	Cambrian?									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205846	Thursdays Gossan Prospect, Dunkeld District, Rural City Of Ararat, Victoria, Australia	Thursdays Gossan	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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