Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aldiss-Karonie, Mount Monger Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 271663
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271663.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aldiss-Karonie, Mount Monger Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Aspen Gold Prospect
Esplanade Gold Prospect
French Kiss Gold Prospect
French Kiss North Gold Prospect
Harry's Hill Gold Prospect
Italia Gold Prospect (Argonaut)
K4 Gold Prospect
Karonie Gold Mine
King Gold Prospect
KZ5 Gold Prospect
Little Peck Gold Prospect
Rowe's Find Gold Prospect
Salt Lake City
Spice Gold Prospect
Tank Gold Prospect (Atriedes)

Latitude: 31°8'6"S
Longitude: 122°35'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.135,122.58361111111

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Marcasite	Melonite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetradymite	Titanite

Altaite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Gold ()*
Hessite ()*	Honeaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mattagamite ()*	Melonite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Petzite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti Tl

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Marcasite Melonite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Tetradymite Titanite

18 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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2680	2600	1	16866	489
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2680	2600	1	16866	361
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2680	2600	1	16866	27198
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	2680	2600	1	16866	40
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2680	2600	15	16859,16860,16861,16862,16863,16864,16865,16866,16867,16868,16869,16870,16871,16872,16873	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2680	2600	1	16866	804
Honeaite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au₃TlTe₂	2680	2600	1	16866	3
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2680	2600	1	16866	5433
Mattagamite ()*	Marcasite	CoTe₂	2680	2600	1	16866	7
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2680	2600	1	16866	207
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2680	2600	1	16866	5800
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2680	2600	1	16866	409
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2680	2600	1	16866	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2680	2600	1	16866	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2680	2600	1	16866	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2680	2600	1	16870	61156
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	2680	2600	1	16866	276
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2680	2600	1	16866	4899

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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