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Locality Name:
Red Dome Mine, Mungana, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 320
Youngest recorded age at locality: 280

mindat Locality ID: 10176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Dome Mine, Mungana, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°7'10"S
Longitude: 144°24'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.119444444444,144.40333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Connellite Copper Kaolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Baileychlore ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	320	280	5509
Baileychlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Zn,Fe²⁺,Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	320	280	16
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	320	280	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	320	280	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	320	280	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	320	280	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	320	280	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	320	280	2970
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	320	280	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	320	280	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	320	280	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	320	280	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	320	280	5186

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-00038	320	280	320–280							Yes				29008	Mungana, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mungana	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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