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Locality Name:
Location 2 Deposit (Location 5B), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2613
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2591

mindat Locality ID: 266111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Location 2 Deposit (Location 5B), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°21'58"S
Longitude: 121°30'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.366111111111,121.50472222222
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: As Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22613259103419
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226132591027198
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs261325910633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS261325910767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82613259101512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226132591039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82613259109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226132591061156
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22613259102562


1 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
Kristen002501261325912602±11  zircon  YesZircon  17479Londonderry Li Deposit (Londonderry Feldspar Quarry; Fraser's Find; Frazer's Find; Scahill's Quarry), Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaLondonderry-SpargovilleTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 

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