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Locality Name:
Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

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

mindat Locality ID: 195106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beaver Lake
Beaver Lake Coal Deposit
Jetty Oasis
Oasis Dzetti

Latitude: 70°36'36"S
Longitude: 68°26'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -70.61,68.446944444444

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: Al Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteClayCoronaditeHumiteMicaNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxene
SpinelTridymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Henrymeyerite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9285411170427770
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl92854111704203
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F292854111704236
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6928541117044135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2928541117049895
Henrymeyerite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Ti7Fe2+)O16928541117049
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)928541117041487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O49285411170114899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)92854111701153
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)92854111701884
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO392854111701495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)292854121701,17042273
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O492854121701,17041934



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
Bradley_2012_004549541545±4U/Pb zircon   Zircon  195106Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica[Loewe Massif]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_143928892910±18U/Pb zircon   Zircon  195106Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica[Mt. Kirby]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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