Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Greenbushes Sn Placers, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2529
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1100

mindat Locality ID: 222
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenbushes Sn Placers, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°51'15"S
Longitude: 116°3'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.854166666667,116.06111111111

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	Columbite	Dumortierite	None	Rutile	Tapiolite	Turquoise

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 B Cu Fe H Li Mg Mn O P Sb Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Cu Fe H Li Mg Mn O P Sb Si Sn Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Columbite Dumortierite None Rutile Tapiolite Turquoise

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Cassiterite ()*	Holmquistite ()*	Holtite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*
Turquoise ()*	Wodginite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2529	1100	5171
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2529	2525	42
Holtite ()*	Dumortierite	(Ta_0.6 _0.4)Al₆BSi₃O₁₈	2529	1100	6
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2529	1100	53
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	2529	1100	88
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	2529	1100	484
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	2529	1100	78

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample 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
Alexandra-0373	2529	2525	2527 ± 2	207Pb/206Pb	Age of pegmatite	zircon	104055	Yes	Zircon	Albite, Cassiterite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz, Spodumene	Ta, Li	185843	Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Greenbushes pegmate	Partington et al. (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.3.616	EG90_616	temperature 890-690 C
Alexandra-0374	2430	2400	2430-2400	U-Pb	Age of metamorphism	zircon		Yes	Zircon	Beryl, Cassiterite, Microlite, Muscovite, Spodumene	Ta	185843	Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Greenbushes pegmate	Partington et al. (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.3.616	EG90_616	temperature 680 С
Alexandra-0375	1100	1100	1100	U-Pb	Age of metamorphism	zircon		Yes	Zircon	Cassiterite, Muscovite	Ta	185843	Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Greenbushes pegmate	Partington et al. (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.3.616	EG90_616	temperature 620 С

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