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Locality Name:
Mount Turner, Georgetown, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 310
Youngest recorded age at locality: 310

mindat Locality ID: 206902
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206902.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Turner, Georgetown, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°15'12"S
Longitude: 143°25'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.253333333333,143.42333333333

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	310	310	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	310	310	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	310	310	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	310	310	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	310	310	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	310	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	310	310	5591
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	310	310	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	310	310	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	310	310	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	310	310	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	310	310	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	310	21482

1 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	Sample Num	Run Num	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
	PorphCu-00512	310	310	310									Andalusite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite	Cu	206902	Mount Turner, Georgetown, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mt. Turner	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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