Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
May Downs Station, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "May Downs Station, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Corundum Crystal Locality
Slaughteryard Creek

Latitude: 20°34'56"S
Longitude: 139°22'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.582222222222,139.375

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Apatite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Talc ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Mica None
Quartz Rutile Spinel Talc Tourmaline Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	11563	8803
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	11563	577
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	11562	1797
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	11563	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	11563	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	11563	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	11563	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	11563	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	0		168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	11563	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	11563	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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