Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Queen Bee Mine, New Luxemburg Mines, Radium Hill Area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.1

mindat Locality ID: 143252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queen Bee Mine, New Luxemburg Mines, Radium Hill Area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°16'1"S
Longitude: 140°33'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.266944444444,140.56583333333

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*

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 O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Malachite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Titanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	25	3.1	3419
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	25	3.1	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	25	3.1	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	25	3.1	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	3.1	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	3.1	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	3.1	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	3.1	3531
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	25	3.1	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	3.1	30554
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	25	3.1	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	3.1	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	25	3.1	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	3.1	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	3.1	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	3.1	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	25	3.1	4899

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000993	Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.
Giersdorf_00000993b	Uranium mineralization in the Lake Frome area are hosted by paleovalleys and paleochannels which typically run north-south in the Eyre Formation.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000993	25	25	25-4			Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21
Giersdorf_00000993b	6	4	6-4			Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21
Giersdorf_00000994	5.3	3.1	5.3-3.1	U-Pb	coffinite, carnotite	Yes	U	159060	Northeast, South Australia, Australia	Lake Frome Area	Jaireth et al. (2010)	AN97_21

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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