Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Daylesford, Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 257794
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257794.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daylesford, Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Australia": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Daylesford Gold Field
Ridge Road Quarry

Latitude: 37°21'20"S
Longitude: 144°8'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.355555555556,144.13611111111

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.

Aragonite	Arsenic	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Natrolite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Zircon

Antimony ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*
Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenic Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Mica Natrolite None
Pyrite Quartz Spinel Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	14225	363
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	14245	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	14225	379
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	14245	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	14230	1797
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	14221,14222,14223,14224,14225,14226,14227,14228,14229,14230,14231,14232,14233,14234,14236,14237,14238,14239,14240,14241,14242,14243,14244	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	14245	167
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	14225,14237	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	14225,14232,14237	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	22	14221,14222,14223,14224,14225,14226,14227,14228,14229,14230,14231,14232,14233,14234,14236,14237,14238,14239,14241,14242,14243,14244	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	14245	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	14245	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	14245	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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