Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Muldiva, Chillagoe District, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muldiva, Chillagoe District, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Eclipse Mine
Paisley Mine

Latitude: 17°20'52"S
Longitude: 144°34'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.347777777778,144.56861111111

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	Linarite	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dioptase ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Linarite Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	300	300	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	300	300	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	300	300	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	300	300	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	300	300	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	300	300	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	300	300	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	300	300	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	300	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	300	300	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	300	300	1382
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	300	300	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	300	300	4135
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	300	300	164
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	300	300	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	300	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	300	300	1544
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	300	300	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	300	300	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	300	300	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	300	300	1236
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	300	300	492
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	300	300	477
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	300	300	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	300	300	1425
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	300	300	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	300	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	300	300	454
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	300	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	300	300	586
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	300	300	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	300	300	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	300	300	1655

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
	sedznpb-00037	300	300	300											143	Muldiva, Chillagoe District, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia	Muldiva	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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