Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Petrogale Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Petrogale Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°52'9"S
Longitude: 127°23'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.869166666667,127.38861111111

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.

Aphthitalite	Biphosphammite	Calcite	Cerite	None	Oxalate	Rocksalt	Syngenite

Aphthitalite ()*	Archerite ()*	Biphosphammite ()*	Calcite ()*	Guanine ()*
Halite ()*	Mundrabillaite ()*	Newberyite ()*	Oxammite ()*	Stercorite ()*
Syngenite ()*	Weddellite ()*	Whitlockite ()*

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: C Ca Cl H K Mg N Na O P S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl H K Mg N Na O P S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Biphosphammite Calcite Cerite None Oxalate Rocksalt Syngenite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	77
Archerite ()*	Biphosphammite	H₂K(PO₄)	7
Biphosphammite ()*	Biphosphammite	(NH₄)H₂(PO₄)	11
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Guanine ()*	None	C₅H₃(NH₂)N₄O	7
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Mundrabillaite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Ca(PO₃OH)₂·H₂O	2
Newberyite ()*	None	Mg(PO₃OH)·3H₂O	24
Oxammite ()*	Oxalate	(NH₄)₂(C₂O₄)·H₂O	3
Stercorite ()*	None	(NH₄)Na(PO₃OH)·4H₂O	6
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	44
Weddellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	32
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	104

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0021	Cave in formation

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
	Michelle_0021	0	0	0		Age of mineralization							Aphthitalite, Archerite, Biphosphammite, Calcite, Guanine, Halite, Newberyite, Oxammite, Stercorite, Syngenite, Weddellite, Whitlockite		228	Petrogale Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Petrogale Cave	Bridge (1977)	10.1180/minmag.1977.041.317.05	MM41_33	Mineralization occurs within a porous limestone cave. Nullarbor Limestone is Miocene in age and the world's largest limestone karst exposure.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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