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Locality Name:
Union Jack Gold Mine, Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2742
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2670

mindat Locality ID: 219656
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219656.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Union Jack Gold Mine, Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°54'47"S
Longitude: 121°11'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.913055555556,121.19222222222

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.

Amphibole	Clay	Copper	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Talc	Vivianite

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: As Au Ca Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Ca Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Copper None Quartz Rocksalt Talc Vivianite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2742	2670	3419
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2742	2670	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2742	2670	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2742	2670	30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2742	2670	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2742	2670	3337

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
	Mo-N382_703-0001	2742	2670	2706±36	Re-Os isochron				Z58542, Z55765, Z55710, Z55725, Z58502, Z58507, Z5		Yes			Mo	225	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Kambalada, Perseverance, and Mt. Keith	Foster et al. (1996)	10.1038/382703a0	N382_703

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