Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Paddington (Gudarra), Broad Arrow Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 252644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paddington (Gudarra), Broad Arrow Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Arrow Proprietary Gold Mine (New Arrow Proprietary; Proprietary; Paddington Extended; Gaul; Masterpiece)
Indarra Gold Mine (Recovery)
Lone Oak Gold Mine
Minnie Palmer Gold Mine (Paddington South)
Mona Gold Mine
Mount Corlic Gold Mine (Mount Corlac; Mount Colac)
Mountain Maid Gold Mine
Paddington Consols Gold Mine
Paddington Gold Mine (Paddington 1; Paddington 2)
Pakeha Gold Mine (Paddington Pakeha)
Pangalo Gold Mine
Quartz Hill Gold Mine
Rona Lucilo Gold Mine
Star Of W.A. Gold Mine

Latitude: 30°29'44"S
Longitude: 121°21'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.495555555556,121.35694444444

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tourmaline

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2680	2600	1	16650	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2680	2600	1	16650	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2680	2600	1	16650	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2680	2600	1	16650	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2680	2600	2	16649,16650	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16650	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2680	2600	1	16650	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2680	2600	1	16650	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2680	2600	1	16650	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2680	2600	1	16650	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2680	2600	1	16650	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2680	2600	11	16642,16643,16644,16645,16646,16647,16648,16649,16650,16651,16655	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2680	2600	2	16649,16650	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2680	2600	1	16650	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2680	2600	1	16650	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2680	2600	1	16650	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16650	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2680	2600	1	16650	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16650	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	1	16650	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2680	2600	1	16650	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	3	16647,16650,16655	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2680	2600	1	16650	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2680	2600	1	16650	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2680	2600	1	16650	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2680	2600	1	16650	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2680	2600	1	16650	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2680	2600	1	16650	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16650	3337

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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