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Locality Name:
Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 123081
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123081.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Big Bell Gold Mine (Paton's Find; Murchison Bell)
Callie Soak (Good Shot; Socialist)
Cuddingwarra Goldfield
Cue Goldfield
Curtis Find P.A.
Day Dawn Goldfield
Harris' Find Gold Mine
Little Bell Gold Mine

Latitude: 27°19'51"S
Longitude: 117°44'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.330833333333,117.74305555556

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBerthieriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnetKaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteUllmanniteZircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2215376,154093419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)215376,154098803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31153762353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51153761310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21154093092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb115376363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS315376,15409,154109052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6215407,154102060
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4115376343
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb115376175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)215409,1541527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21153765171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2415376,15390,15398,1541027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O315398,15410,154133531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1154103846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181153761008
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2115376327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61153764135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1154098173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)215376,15377551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS515376,15390,15398,15409,1541024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2915376,15379,15382,15386,15388,15389,15390,15391,15393,15394,15395,15397,15398,15399,15400,15401,15402,15404,15405,15407,15408,15409,15410,15411,15412,15413,15414,15416,1541730554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31154095433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4215377,153985591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2115376762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)115376451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1154071487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4215407,1540914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21153765674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1153764924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2215376,153775800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2315376,15409,1541717380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O115376471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2615376,15389,15398,15409,15410,1541739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8415376,15398,15409,154109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21015376,15377,15389,15390,15391,15398,15409,15410,15414,1541761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21153765614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)315376,15377,153914894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1154176417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS415376,15390,15398,1541021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4115376668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31153763418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131153765317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS115376293
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1153765251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1153761025



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