Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Weipa, Cape York Peninsula, Cook Shire, Queensland, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 13480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weipa, Cape York Peninsula, Cook Shire, Queensland, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
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Weipa Mine

Latitude: 12°35'34"S
Longitude: 141°51'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.592777777778,141.85638888889

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.

Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Spinel	Zircon

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 Fe H K Li Mn O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica Nolanite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Spinel Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Akdalaite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bayerite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akdalaite ()*	Nolanite	Al₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	0		6
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Bayerite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	0		15
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	2	11277,11279	195
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	3	11277,11278,11279	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	11278,11279	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	11277,11278,11279	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	11278	210
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	11279	229
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	11277,11279	61156
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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