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Locality Name:
Mount Garnet Skarn Deposit, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 12484
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12484.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Garnet Skarn Deposit, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°39'"S
Longitude: 145°8'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.65,145.13333333333

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	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Garnet Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Ferronigerite-6N6S ()*	Galena ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	300	300	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	300	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	300	27198
Ferronigerite-6N6S ()*	None	(Al,Fe,Zn)₃(Al,Sn,Fe)₈O₁₅(OH)	300	300	5
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	300	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	300	300	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	300	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	300	300	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	300	21482
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

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-00035	300	300	300											12484	Mount Garnet Skarn Deposit, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia	Mount Garnet	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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