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Locality Name:
Red Hill Gold Mine (Beta Hunt), St. Ives Gold Camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2742
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2670

mindat Locality ID: 266303
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266303.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Hill Gold Mine (Beta Hunt), St. Ives Gold Camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°13'1"S
Longitude: 121°40'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.216944444444,121.68111111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Talc

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gold ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2742	2670	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2742	2670	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2710	2700	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2742	2670	1382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2742	2670	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2742	2670	30554
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2700	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2742	2670	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2742	2670	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2742	2670	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2742	2670	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
	EG105_1057_029	2710	2700	2710-2700							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	225	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Kambalda	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
	Mo-N382_703-0001	2742	2670	2706±36	Re-Os isochron				Z58542, Z55765, Z55710, Z55725, Z58502, Z58507, Z5		Yes			Mo	225	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Kambalada, Perseverance, and Mt. Keith	Foster et al. (1996)	10.1038/382703a0	N382_703

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