Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Oldest recorded age at locality: 928
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 195105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mawson Station
Prince Charles Mts
Rayner Complex

Latitude: 69°6'17"S
Longitude: 65°39'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -69.104722222222,65.665

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chevkinite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Garnet	Humite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel	Tridymite
Zircon

Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Henrymeyerite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Perovskite ()*	Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Chevkinite Clay Coronadite Corundum Garnet Humite Mica
None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Spinel Tridymite
Zircon

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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	1705	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	928	541	1	1704	27770
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	928	541	1	1704	203
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	928	541	1	1704	236
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			2	1698,1705	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	928	541	1	1704	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	928	541	1	1704	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			2	1698,1705	944
Henrymeyerite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Ti₇Fe²⁺)O₁₆	928	541	1	1704	9
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	1705	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	1705	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	928	541	1	1704	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	928	541	2	1701,1705	14899
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	928	541	1	1701	153
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	928	541	1	1701	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	928	541	1	1701	495
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄MgFe³⁺₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂			1	1699	46
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	928	541	2	1701,1704	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	1699,1705	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	1705	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]			1	1698	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	1705	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	928	541	2	1701,1704	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	1699	5251

2 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
	Bradley_2012_004	549	541	545±4	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			195106	Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica	[Loewe Massif]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	Bradley_2012_143	928	892	910±18	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			195106	Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica	[Mt. Kirby]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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