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City of Swan, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| City of Swan | City |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Ballajura | 18,952 (2017) |
| Bullsbrook | 3,954 (2015) |
| Midland | 3,936 (2018) |
| Stratton | 3,489 (2015) |
| Henley Brook | 2,644 (2015) |
| Middle Swan | 2,617 (2015) |
The Shire of Swan is 20 kilometres approximately from the Perth CBD, and forms the north-east portion of the Perth metropolitan area and areas just beyond. It covers 1 043 square kilometres, with a population of 108 461 people.
The far western portion is on the Perth Coastal plain and is residential. Further east centred on the upper Swan valley is an intensive agricultural area centred on viticulture and to a lesser extent vegetable growing. The western two thirds of the shire in on the Darling Scarp (Darling Range), much of it forested in the shire with a few orchards.
Attractions include historic buildings and a museum at Guildford, numerous wineries, food outlets, breweries, art galleries etc in the Swan Valley, Whiteman Park containing a wildlife sanctuary, tractor and car museum.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
Fossils
There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 31 |
|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | |
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 0.01 Ma (Pleistocene) |
| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. |
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 1 fossil locality |
Localities in this Region
- Western Australia
- City of Swan
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
Australia
- Western Australia
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Western Yilgarn CratonCraton
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References
Noble Falls, Gidgiegannup, City of Swan, Western Australia, Australia