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Locality Name:
Georgetown, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 310
Youngest recorded age at locality: 310

mindat Locality ID: 203117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Georgetown, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Maureen Deposit
Mosquito Creek
Mount Turner
Overland Telegraph Mine
Papa Reef (Grandpapa Reef)
Saint George P.C. (St George Mine)
Tea Tree Creek
Wexford Reef (Wexford Mine)

Latitude: 18°17'9"S
Longitude: 143°29'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.285833333333,143.48861111111

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	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natroautunite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Dickite ()*	Donbassite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Trögerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Natroautunite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

29 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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	11331	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	310	310	1	11333	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	11331	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	310	310	3	11331,11333,11335	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	310	310	1	11333	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	310	310	3	11333,11335,11336	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	11331	577
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	11331	651
Donbassite ()*	Clay Chlorite	Al₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂·Al_2.33(OH)₆			1	11331	16
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	310	310	1	11333	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	11331	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	310	3	11333,11335,11338	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			6	11332,11334,11335,11336,11337,11338	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	11331	173
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	11331	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	11331	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	11331	14640
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)			1	11331	123
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	310	310	2	11331,11333	5591
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	310	310	2	11331,11333	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	310	310	2	11331,11333	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	310	310	5	11331,11333,11335,11336,11338	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	11331	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	310	310	1	11333	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	11331,11336	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	310	310	1	11333	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	310	3	11331,11333,11335	21482
Trögerite ()*	Natroautunite	(H₃O)(UO₂)(AsO₄)·3H₂O			1	11331	22
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	11331	2718

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
	PorphCu-00512	310	310	310									Andalusite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite	Cu	206902	Mount Turner, Georgetown, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mt. Turner	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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