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Locality Name:
Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 203418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Agate Creek
Balcooma Mine
Eveleigh Homestead
Forsayth
Georgetown
Kidston Mine
Mount Surprise
Mount Surprise Homestead
Strathmore
Surveyor Mine
Undara Volcanic National Park

Latitude: 18°25'58"S
Longitude: 143°57'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.432777777778,143.95888888889

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	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natroautunite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Topaz

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Dickite ()*	Donbassite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Topaz ()*
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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Natroautunite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Topaz

52 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	2	11326,11333	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	11326	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	11331	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	11339	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	310	310	5	11326,11331,11333,11335,11339	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	11326,11328	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	11342,11343	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	11326	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	11326,11339	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	310	310	1	11333	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	11325,11339	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	11326,11343	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	11326	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	11326	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	310	310	5	11326,11333,11335,11336,11339	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	11331	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	11328	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	11326	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	11326	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	11347	1797
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	3	11328,11333,11339	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	11325,11331	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	11326	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	310	5	11326,11333,11335,11338,11339	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	11325	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			8	11329,11332,11334,11335,11336,11337,11338,11339	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			2	11326,11331	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	11326	5433
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)			1	11331	123
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	310	310	3	11326,11331,11333	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	11326,11339	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	11326,11328	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	11326	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	310	310	4	11326,11331,11333,11339	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	310	310	4	11328,11331,11333,11339	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	310	310	7	11326,11331,11333,11335,11336,11338,11339	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	11331	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	310	310	3	11326,11333,11339	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	11325,11326,11331,11336,11339,11341,11343	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	310	310	1	11333	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	310	5	11326,11331,11333,11335,11339	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	11326	978
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	11326	1101
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			3	11340,11341,11343	1476
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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