Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 194639
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194639.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°34'20"S
Longitude: 139°28'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.572222222222,139.47305555556

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Corundum	Cubanite
Feldspar	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Talc	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celsian ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gudmundite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Corundum Cubanite
Feldspar Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Sulphur Talc Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	100
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	170
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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