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Locality Name:
Fairmile Prospect, Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 269726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fairmile Prospect, Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°14'13"S
Longitude: 140°50'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.236944444444,140.84611111111
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 Cl Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Corkite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6157514900151
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16157514900599
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15751490024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1575149007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315751490014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41575149005591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415751490014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215751490017380
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6157514900170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215751490039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1575149001725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215751490061156


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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