Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aphrodite Gold Prospect, Bardoc, Broad Arrow Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 270521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aphrodite Gold Prospect, Bardoc, Broad Arrow Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°10'50"S
Longitude: 121°13'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.180555555556,121.225

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Stibnite Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2680	2600	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2680	2600	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2680	2600	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2680	2600	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2680	2600	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2680	2600	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2680	2600	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2680	2600	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2680	2600	5317

2 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
	EG90_845-00003	2678	2670	2674±4	Pb-Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845
	Hg-00117	2680	2600		Ar-Ar, U-Pb		high				Yes		Coloradoite	Hg	223	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Kent and McDougall (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.845	EG90_845

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