Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
West Normanby Goldfield, Cook Shire, Queensland, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 204324
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204324.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Normanby Goldfield, Cook Shire, Queensland, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Maddens Extended Mine
Maddens Flat Mine
Normanby 4 Mine (Normanby No.4)
Sisters Mine
The Brothers Mine (Brothers Mine)
You-can-tell-us Mine

Latitude: 16°3'2"S
Longitude: 144°55'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.050555555556,144.93194444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Copper	Covellite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Copper Covellite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	11311	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	0		843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	11311	5707
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	11311	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	11311	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	11308,11311	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	11308,11311	2812
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	11308,11311	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	11311	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	11311	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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