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Locality Name:
Cannington Mine (South32 Cannington), McKinlay, McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1686
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1668

mindat Locality ID: 17584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cannington Mine (South32 Cannington), McKinlay, McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°51'45"S
Longitude: 140°54'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.8625,140.91611111111
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumCubaniteFluoriteGarnetIlvaiteLöllingiteMadociteMarcasiteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TalcTetrahedriteTitanite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Allargentum  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Launayite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)
Pyroxferroite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Veenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1686166802793
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)16861668069
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31686166802353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1686166809052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31686166801935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216861668027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1686166803531
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)168616680180
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)168616680371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21686166809617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12168616680663
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4168616680445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16861668024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1686166802812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2168616680223
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS168616680170
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6168616680741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31686166805433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)168616680197
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14168616680784
Launayite  (*)MadociteCuPb10(Sb,As)13S201686166803
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2168616680762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416861668014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21686166805674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216861668017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1686166802994
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3168616680733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31686166801425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216861668039462
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)1016861668038
Pyroxferroite  (*)NoneFe2+SiO316861668017
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3168616680147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81686166809056
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1686166806417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51686166801516
Silver  (*)CopperAg1686166805186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16861668021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4168616680586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S316861668062
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21686166803337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1686166804899
Veenite  (*)NonePb2(Sb,As)2S51686166809


2 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-00011167516751675 Ma (Pb-Pb model age)Pb-Pb model age       17584Cannington Mine (South32 Cannington), McKinlay, McKinlay Shire, Queensland, AustraliaCanningtonTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00016168616681677±9        17584Cannington Mine (South32 Cannington), McKinlay, McKinlay Shire, Queensland, AustraliaCanningtonSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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