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

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

mindat Locality ID: 11841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11841.html

Tectonic Settings: Intra Cratonic

Total number of sublocalities beneath "George Fisher Mine, Hilton District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°34'4"S
Longitude: 139°28'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.567777777778,139.47583333333
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 As C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCubaniteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S316591651053
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1659165109052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16591651027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216551655027198
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)165916510180
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12165516550663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16551655024243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21659165105674
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31659165101425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216591651039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81659165109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216591651061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1659165105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16551655021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4165916510586


2 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
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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