Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Watershed Deposit, Desailly, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 192234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Watershed Deposit, Desailly, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°13'"S
Longitude: 144°42'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.216666666667,144.7

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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