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Locality Name:
Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 374
Youngest recorded age at locality: 366

mindat Locality ID: 288535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Imerys Australian Kaolin Mine
Wolfram Mine

Latitude: 37°40'28"S
Longitude: 143°29'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.674444444444,143.48694444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicBismutiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCovelliteDiaspore
KaoliniteLepidocrociteMatlockiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteStibniteSulphurTourmaline

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Koechlinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pittongite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Russellite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O374366114164150
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl37436611416471
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3743661141641966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33743661141641935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)374366114164716
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O374366114164925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS237436611416427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu3743661141643846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3743661141644165
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)374366114164648
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)374366114164551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS37436611416424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3743661141647437
Gold  (*)CopperAu37436611416430554
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)37436611416457
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43743661141645591
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO637436611416439
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)374366114164581
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23743661141645800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)237436611416417380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6374366114164254
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O374366114164428
Pittongite  (*)None(Na,H2O)0.7(W,Fe3+)(O,OH)33743661141641
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6374366114164170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS237436611416439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO237436611416461156
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO637436611416440
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3743661141644894
Silver  (*)CopperAg3743661141645186
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3743661141642045


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00120374366       Koechlinite, MolybdeniteMo10725Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia Arne et al. (1998)10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00021-8OGR13_251 

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