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Locality Name:
Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 130
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Thalanga Mine
Towers Hill

Latitude: 20°12'44"S
Longitude: 146°0'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.212222222222,146.00527777778
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteKieseriteMelanteriteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRömeriteSphaleriteStarkeyite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hexahydrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Szomolnokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
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)21111353419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1111358803
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O111135272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11113511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11113527770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O111135925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211113527198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21111359895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1111358173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O111135484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11113524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu11113930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1111356890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O111135409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311113514640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O111135251
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61111352228
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O111135915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211113517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211113539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211113561156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O111135115
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O111135293
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O11113584
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11113521482
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O111135139
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21111352562


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