Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 19103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19103.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Amamoor
Amamoor Creek
Gympie
Kilkivan District
Neerdie

Latitude: 26°12'50"S
Longitude: 152°32'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.213888888889,152.54638888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Coronadite	Epidote	Ilvaite	Malachite	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Amamoorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Piemontite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mn Mo O Pb Pt S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Coronadite Epidote Ilvaite Malachite Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amamoorite ()*	Ilvaite	CaMn²⁺₂Mn³⁺(Si₂O₇)O(OH)	5.3	0.01	1	11380	1
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5.3	0.01	1	11404	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	5.3	0.01	1	11391	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5.3	0.01	0		5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	5.3	0.01	1	11380	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	0.01	2	11389,11402	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5.3	0.01	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	0.01	2	11389,11400	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	0.01	2	11391,11394	2600
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	5.3	0.01	2	11378,11380	599
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5.3	0.01	3	11389,11390,11400	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.3	0.01	9	11384,11385,11387,11388,11389,11390,11400,11402,11404	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	0.01	1	11404	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5.3	0.01	2	11386,11394	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5.3	0.01	1	11385	5800
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5.3	0.01	1	11380	260
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	5.3	0.01	2	11384,11390	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	0.01	2	11389,11390	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	5.3	0.01	1	11380	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	0.01	7	11378,11384,11385,11389,11394,11400,11402	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5.3	0.01	2	11402,11404	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5.3	0.01	2	11400,11404	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5.3	0.01	2	11402,11404	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5.3	0.01	1	11400	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	ree-00064	5.3	0.01	Pliocene-Pleistocene											19103	Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia	Gympie	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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