Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 127294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127294.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°37'30"S
Longitude: 140°41'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.625,140.68833333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Löllingite	Lillianite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Alloclasite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Creedite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Phurcalite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Richetite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Treasurite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si U V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bastnäsite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Descloizite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Löllingite Lillianite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1575	1490	8803
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	1575	1490	56
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1575	1490	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1575	1490	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1575	1490	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1575	1490	11547
Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Bastnäsite	La(CO₃)F	1575	1490	30
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1575	1490	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1575	1490	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1575	1490	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1575	1490	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1575	1490	295
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	1575	1490	48
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1575	1490	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1575	1490	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1575	1490	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1575	1490	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1575	1490	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1575	1490	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1575	1490	2228
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1575	1490	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1575	1490	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1575	1490	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1575	1490	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1575	1490	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1575	1490	2994
Phurcalite ()*	Phosphuranylite	Ca₂(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂·7H₂O	1575	1490	20
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1575	1490	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1575	1490	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1575	1490	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1575	1490	61156
Richetite ()*	None	(Fe³⁺,Mg)_xPb²⁺_8.6(UO₂)₃₆O₃₆(OH)₂₄·41H₂O	1575	1490	7
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1575	1490	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1575	1490	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1575	1490	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1575	1490	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1575	1490	1059
Treasurite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₇Pb₆Bi₁₅S₃₀	1575	1490	12

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
EMG15_125-1	1505	1505		40Ar/39Ar	Ore emplacement age	biotite	Yes		191789	Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland	Foster et al. (2007)	10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.125	EMG15_125	p. 127
EMG15_125-2	1537	1521		U-Pb	pre-mineralization alteration	titanite	Yes	Titanite	191789	Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland	Foster et al. (2007)	10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.126	EMG15_125	error is +11/-8; p. 127
EMG15_125-3	1538	1490	1514±24	U-Pb	pre-mineralization alteration	titanite	Yes	Titanite	191789	Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland	Foster et al. (2007)	10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.127	EMG15_125	p. 127
EMG15_125-4	1575	1501	1538±37	U-Pb		rutile	Yes	Rutile	191789	Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland	Foster et al. (2007)	10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.128	EMG15_125	p. 127

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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