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Locality Name:
Pegmont Pb-Zn Deposit (Pegmont Mine), Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1490

mindat Locality ID: 12156
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12156.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pegmont Pb-Zn Deposit (Pegmont Mine), Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°45'"S
Longitude: 140°34'60"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.75,140.58333333333
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: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeKaolinite
NickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphalerite
Spinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corkite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenalite  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2500160004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225001600027198
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6250016000151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16250016000227
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)250016000371
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4250016000445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25001600024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2500160007437
Graphite  (*)NoneC2500160002812
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)425001600061
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2250016000223
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6250016000741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O325001600014640
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)625001600082
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42500160005591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O425001600014899
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6250016000170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6250016000477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225001600039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2500160001725
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)1025001600038
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82500160009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225001600061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25001600021482


6 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
EMG15_125-115051505 40Ar/39ArOre emplacement agebiotite  Yes  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.125EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-215371521 U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.126EMG15_125error is +11/-8; p. 127
EMG15_125-3153814901514±24U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.127EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-4157515011538±37U-Pb rutile  YesRutile  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.128EMG15_125p. 127
sedexmvt-00027167516751675 Ma        12156Pegmont Pb-Zn Deposit (Pegmont Mine), Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaPegmontTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-0004025001600Paleoproterozoic        12156Pegmont Pb-Zn Deposit (Pegmont Mine), Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaPegmontSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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