Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1670
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 133
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Bluebell Mine
Brilliant Mine (Brilliant Extended)
Desolation Prospect
Dugald River Prospect
Dugald River Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit (Dugald River Mine)
E1 Deposit
Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine)
Great Australia Mine
Lorena Gold Mine (Lorena Mine)
Magpie Prospect (Magpie Mine)
Malbon
Maramungee Deposit
Monakoff Mine
Mount Glorious Mine
Mount McCabe
Overhang Open Cut (Overhang Mine)
Rocklands Mine (Rocklands Group Copper Project)
Roxmere Station
Trafalgar Mine (Mount Oscar Mine)
Wewak Mine

Latitude: 20°47'5"S
Longitude: 140°27'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.784722222222,140.46222222222

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 Al As Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteArsenicArsenopyrite
AtacamiteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylBismutiteBranneriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChenevixite
ClaringbulliteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloizite
DiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteLöllingite
LazuliteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PhosphuranylitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpangolite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTungstiteTurquoiseVivianiteWurtziteZircon

125 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barlowite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)
Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Buttgenbachite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Claringbullite  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Cloncurryite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cornetite  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Creedite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geerite  (*)Gerhardtite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hentschelite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Heterogenite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Likasite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nantokite  (*)Nitromagnesite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phurcalite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richetite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Spangolite  (*)
Spertiniite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Treasurite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tungstite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Uraninite  (*)Wupatkiite  (*)
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)215751462311165,11166,111793419
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS16701665111163312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)16701462711163,11164,11165,11166,11170,11174,111758803
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS15751490211173,1117556
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3157514901111742353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5157514621111651310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)15751490211164,111752734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2157514901111733092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)415751490111161246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS16701462711161,11163,11165,11170,11173,11174,111759052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)315751490111166544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21575470811161,11166,11170,11171,11173,11175,11176,111795509
Barlowite  (*)ClaringbulliteCu4BrF(OH)6157514901111661
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16701462811161,11163,11164,11165,11170,11175,11176,1117911547
Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)BastnäsiteLa(CO3)F15751490211164,1117530
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)21575149011117396
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi15751462211165,111701966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S315751462311165,11170,111731935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)15751490111173716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4157514901111795516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1116701665111163843
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O615751462111165248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)615751490411161,11166,11175,111811633
Buttgenbachite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(NO3)2Cl8(OH)62·nH2O15751490211166,1116813
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16704701111163,11164,11165,11166,11168,11170,11171,11173,11174,11175,1117927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S15751490411166,11170,11173,111795707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O15751490111174197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216704701111161,11163,11164,11165,11166,11170,11171,11173,11174,11175,1117927198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)21575149011116190
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1575470811161,11166,11171,11173,11175,11176,11177,111813531
Claringbullite  (*)ClaringbulliteCu2+4FCl(OH)61575149011116613
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)315751490111161127
Cloncurryite  (*)NoneCu0.5(VO)0.5Al2(PO4)2F2·5H2O157514901111661
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS15751462311161,11165,11173966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O15751462111165566
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)15751490211161,11170363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O15751490311166,11168,11175295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1575470811161,11165,11166,11168,11171,11173,11176,111793846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18157514621111651008
Cornetite  (*)NoneCu3(PO4)(OH)315751490211161,1116626
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1615751490111174227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS15751490211161,111704165
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O1575149011117548
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1575470811166,11168,11170,11171,11173,11176,11177,111792970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)21575149011116067
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O215751490111166144
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S157514901111661027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6157514621111654135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S1615751490111166300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21670470411163,11166,11170,111719895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)16701665111163180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)16701462511163,11165,11173,11174,111758173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O15751490111161814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF216701462611163,11164,11165,11170,11174,111759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16701462611161,11163,11164,11165,11174,1117524243
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S51575149011117038
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)315751490211166,1116824
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS15751462111165131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)16701490811161,11163,11166,11170,11173,11174,11176,111797437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15751462811161,11165,11166,11170,11173,11175,11176,1117930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC16701490211163,111742812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS15751462111165717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3157514901111741544
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS16701665111163170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O16701490211163,111816890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O15751490111170409
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O615751490111174741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316701462911161,11163,11165,11166,11170,11173,11174,11175,1117914640
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)21575149011116620
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te15751462111165804
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)15751490211161,11170111
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH15751490111166367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6157514901111751066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)616701490211163,111752228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4167016651111635591
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)15751490511159,11161,11166,11175,11181234
Likasite  (*)NoneCu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O1575149011116811
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416701462811163,11164,11165,11166,11170,11174,11175,1117914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215754701111159,11161,11166,11168,11170,11171,11173,11175,11176,11179,1118112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS216701490211161,111635674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl16701665111163139
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)157514901111744924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS215751462311161,11165,111745800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O167016651111631508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)15751490111175362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216701462511163,11165,11170,11174,1117517380
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl1575470311166,11171,1118235
Nitromagnesite  (*)NoneMg(NO3)2·6H2O1575149011116612
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)15751490111161492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O157514901111752994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)157514901111612349
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)615751490111166158
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2167016651111632273
Phurcalite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7H2O1575149011117520
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)615751490111174170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)615751490111174477
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)415751490711159,11161,11166,11173,11175,11176,11181369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3167016651111631425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2167014621011161,11163,11164,11165,11166,11170,11173,11174,11175,1117939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2157514901111783106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S816701490511161,11163,11170,11174,111759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216704701311161,11163,11164,11165,11166,11170,11171,11173,11174,11175,11176,11179,1118161156
Richetite  (*)None(Fe3+,Mg)xPb2+8.6(UO2)36O36(OH)24·41H2O15751490211164,111757
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO216701501411161,11163,11165,111705614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)15751462311160,11165,111734894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O15751490211170,111751153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)15751490211166,111736417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5157514901111741516
Silver  (*)CopperAg157514901111755186
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O15751490111161105
Spertiniite  (*)NoneCu(OH)21575149011116617
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3157514901111751214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16701462511163,11164,11165,11174,1117521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4157514901111741934
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe415751462111165337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO15751490211176,111771101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13167016651111635317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O16701490211163,111654899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O15751490211161,111751059
Treasurite  (*)LillianiteAg7Pb6Bi15S3015751490211164,1117512
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2157514621111652562
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O15751490111161118
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O15751490111166484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2157514621111652718
Wupatkiite  (*)HalotrichiteCoAl2(SO4)4·22H2O157514901111705



10 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-00013166516651665 Ma (Pb-Pb model age)Pb-Pb model age       203343Dugald River Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit (Dugald River Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaDugald RiverTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00021167016701670        203343Dugald River Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit (Dugald River Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaDugald RiverSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
EMG15_125-115051505 40Ar/39ArOre emplacement agebiotite     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   Titanite  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   Titanite  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   Rutile  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
Kristen002125149514911493±240Ar/30Ar biotite93-1486    191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaErnest Henry Cu-Au DepositPerkins and Wyborn (1998)10.1080/08120099808728384AJES45_233 
Kristen002126153015001515±15K-Ar biotite93-1486    191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaErnest Henry Cu-Au DepositPerkins and Wyborn (1998)10.1080/08120099808728384AJES45_233 
Kristen002127146614621464±240Ar/30Ar biotite93-1481    191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaErnest Henry Cu-Au DepositPerkins and Wyborn (1998)10.1080/08120099808728384AJES45_233 
vms-00030485470Lower Ordovician        68188Magpie Prospect (Magpie Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaMagpieMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060515Lorena Gold Mine (Lorena Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R060515


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