Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1575
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 204567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Blue Caesar Mine
Comfort Prospect (Comfort Lease)
Hardway Mine
Kurrajong Mine
Lime Creek Mine
Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium)
Mount Colin Mine
Mount Lindsay Mine
Rosy Bee Mine
Sunset Mine
Toms Mountain

Latitude: 20°44'30"S
Longitude: 140°0'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.741666666667,140.0025

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.

Allanite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Axinite	Bixbyite	Brannerite	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P S Si Ta Ti U V W Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Axinite Bixbyite Brannerite Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Spinel Titanite Wollastonite

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Antarcticite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Opal ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smythite ()*	Stillwellite-(Ce) ()*	Sylvite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*	Violarite ()*
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1575	1432	2	11235,11239	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1565	1432	1	11235	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1565	1432	1	11235	706
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1565	1432	1	11235	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1565	1432	1	11235	3092
Antarcticite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaCl₂·6H₂O	1565	1432	1	11235	11
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1565	1432	1	11235	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1575	1490	3	11233,11237,11239	5509
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1565	1432	1	11235	104
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1575	1490	2	11234,11236	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1575	1490	1	11231	248
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	1565	1432	1	11235	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1575	1432	6	11230,11234,11235,11236,11237,11239	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1575	1490	1	11238	1184
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1575	1490	1	11237	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1575	1490	3	11236,11237,11239	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1575	1432	6	11233,11234,11235,11236,11237,11239	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1575	1432	6	11230,11232,11235,11236,11237,11239	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1575	1432	2	11235,11239	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1565	1432	0		1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1575	1490	1	11239	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1575	1432	3	11235,11237,11239	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1575	1490	1	11239	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1565	1432	1	11235	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1565	1432	1	11235	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1575	1432	2	11235,11239	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1565	1432	1	11235	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1565	1432	1	11235	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1575	1490	3	11236,11237,11239	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1565	1432	1	11235	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1575	1490	1	11239	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1565	1432	1	11235	1398
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1575	1490	1	11239	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1565	1432	1	11235	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1575	1432	5	11233,11235,11237,11238,11239	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1575	1490	1	11238	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1575	1490	1	11232	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1575	1490	1	11239	581
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1575	1432	2	11232,11235	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1575	1432	4	11233,11235,11236,11238	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1575	1432	7	11230,11233,11234,11235,11236,11237,11239	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1565	1432	1	11235	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1565	1432	1	11235	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1575	1432	2	11234,11235	5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1575	1490	1	11232	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1575	1490	1	11236	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1565	1432	1	11235	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1575	1490	1	11232	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1575	1432	6	11233,11234,11235,11236,11237,11239	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1575	1432	3	11234,11235,11236	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1575	1432	8	11232,11233,11234,11235,11236,11237,11239,11240	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1565	1432	1	11235	4894
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1575	1490	1	11236	77
Stillwellite-(Ce) ()*	None	CeBSiO₅	1565	1432	1	11235	19
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1565	1432	1	11235	275
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1565	1432	2	11235,11239	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1565	1432	1	11235	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1565	1432	1	11235	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	1565	1432	1	11235	89
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1575	1490	1	11236	380
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄	1565	1432	1	11235	51

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000712	The Mary Kathleen mine is a uranium deposit mine in the northern part of Australia and is located near Mount Isa, to which its dates are also associated.
Giersdorf_00000713	The Mary Kathleen mine is a uranium deposit mine in the northern part of Australia and is located near Mount Isa, to which its dates are also associated.

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	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
Giersdorf_00000712	1565	1535	1550±15	U-Pb			uraninite		Uraninite	Uraninite	U	12502	Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mary Kathleen Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925
Giersdorf_00000713	1512	1432	1472±40	Sm-Nd			uraninite		Uraninite	Uraninite	U	12502	Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mary Kathleen Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925
ree-00116	541	541	Precambrian			low						12502	Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mary Kathleen	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-131	Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-126-to-fkm-150/#FKM-131

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