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Locality Name:
Hilton District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1659
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1651

mindat Locality ID: 204775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hilton District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
George Fisher Mine
Handlebar Hill Open Cut
Tombstone Hill

Latitude: 20°34'2"S
Longitude: 139°28'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.567222222222,139.47333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cd Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopper
CorundumCubaniteFeldsparMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneSulphurTalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celsian  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1115588803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1115582734
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S31659165111155753
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS16591651211557,115589052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11155811547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11111558843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16591651211557,1155827770
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)111558100
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1115584979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216551655211557,1155827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS111558966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3111558802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21115589895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)16591651111557180
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1216551655111557663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16551655211557,1155824243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS111558717
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS111558170
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1115581689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31115585433
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)111558451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1115581487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411155814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS216591651211557,115585674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211155817380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21115582273
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6111558170
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3165916511115571425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216591651211557,1155839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S816591651211557,115589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216591651211557,1155861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21115585614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1115586417
Silver  (*)CopperAg165916511115575186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1115582473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16551655211557,1155821482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS416591651111557586
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O111558456
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1115582045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21115583337


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00036165916511655±4        204775Hilton District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, AustraliaMount IsaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00018165516551655 Ma (host rock age)host rock age      Pb, Zn, Cu11841George Fisher Mine, Hilton District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHilton-George FisherTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00025165916511655±4        11841George Fisher Mine, Hilton District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHilton/George FisherSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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