Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mount Elliott Mine (Mount Elliott Copper Mine), Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Elliott Mine (Mount Elliott Copper Mine), Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Swan Prospect (Swan Mine)

Latitude: 21°32'56"S
Longitude: 140°29'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.548888888889,140.49694444444

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Titanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Spinel Staurolite Titanite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

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	1490	1	11260	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1575	1490	1	11260	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1575	1490	0		706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1575	1490	0		2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1575	1490	0		1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1575	1490	0		1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1575	1490	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1575	1490	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1575	1490	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1575	1490	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1575	1490	1	11260	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1575	1490	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1575	1490	0		27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1575	1490	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1575	1490	0		2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1575	1490	1	11260	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1575	1490	0		8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1575	1490	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1575	1490	0		9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1575	1490	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1575	1490	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1575	1490	0		2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1575	1490	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1575	1490	0		14640
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1575	1490	0		238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1575	1490	0		14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1575	1490	0		139
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1575	1490	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1575	1490	0		17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1575	1490	0		306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1575	1490	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1575	1490	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1575	1490	1	11260	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1575	1490	0		6417
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1575	1490	0		978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1538	1490	0		4899

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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