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Locality Name:
Dugald River Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit (Dugald River Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1670
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1490

mindat Locality ID: 203343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203343.html

Tectonic Settings: Intra Cratonic

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dugald River Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit (Dugald River Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°15'5"S
Longitude: 140°9'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.251388888889,140.15777777778
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAluniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitanite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Marialite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS167016650312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1670166508803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1670166509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16701665011547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11167016650843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16701665027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216701665027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21670166509895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)167016650180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1670166508173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21670166509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16701665024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1670166507437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1670166502812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS167016650170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1670166506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316701665014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61670166502228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41670166505591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416701665014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21670166505674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl167016650139
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1670166501508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216701665017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21670166502273
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31670166501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216701665039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81670166509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216701665061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21670166505614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16701665021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131670166505317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1670166504899


6 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
sedexmvt-00013166516651665 Ma (Pb-Pb model age)Pb-Pb model age       203343Dugald River Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit (Dugald River Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaDugald RiverTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00021167016701670        203343Dugald River Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit (Dugald River Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaDugald RiverSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
EMG15_125-115051505 40Ar/39ArOre emplacement agebiotite  Yes  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.125EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-215371521 U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.126EMG15_125error is +11/-8; p. 127
EMG15_125-3153814901514±24U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.127EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-4157515011538±37U-Pb rutile  YesRutile  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.128EMG15_125p. 127

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