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Locality Name:
Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1575
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1490

mindat Locality ID: 134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
A Tangye Lode
B Tangye Lode
C Tangye Lode

Latitude: 20°43'12"S
Longitude: 140°30'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.72,140.51083333333
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: Al Au Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg N Na O P S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg N Na O P S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClaringbulliteConnellite
CopperCorundumDiasporeDigeniteFeldsparLazuliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzSphaleriteSpinelTurquoise

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barlowite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Buttgenbachite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Claringbullite  (*)Cloncurryite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cornetite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Gerhardtite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hentschelite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Likasite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Nantokite  (*)Nitromagnesite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Spertiniite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21575149003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1575149008803
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3157514900544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21575149005509
Barlowite  (*)ClaringbulliteCu4BrF(OH)61575149001
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61575149001633
Buttgenbachite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(NO3)2Cl8(OH)62·nH2O1575149011116813
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1575149011116827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1575149005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215751490027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1575149003531
Claringbullite  (*)ClaringbulliteCu2+4FCl(OH)615751490013
Cloncurryite  (*)NoneCu0.5(VO)0.5Al2(PO4)2F2·5H2O1575149001
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O15751490111168295
Copper  (*)CopperCu157514901111683846
Cornetite  (*)NoneCu3(PO4)(OH)315751490026
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O157514901111682970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2157514900144
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1575149001027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16157514900300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21575149009895
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)31575149011116824
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1575149007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15751490030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315751490014640
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)215751490020
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH157514900367
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)157514900234
Likasite  (*)NoneCu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O1575149011116811
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415751490014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21575149011116812537
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl15751490035
Nitromagnesite  (*)NoneMg(NO3)2·6H2O15751490012
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6157514900158
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4157514900369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215751490039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215751490061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1575149006417
Spertiniite  (*)NoneCu(OH)215751490017
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O157514900484


4 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
EMG15_125-115051505 40Ar/39ArOre emplacement agebiotite  Yes  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.125EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-215371521 U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.126EMG15_125error is +11/-8; p. 127
EMG15_125-3153814901514±24U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.127EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-4157515011538±37U-Pb rutile  YesRutile  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.128EMG15_125p. 127

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