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Locality Name:
Black Rock Lode (Black Rock Open Cut), Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1655
Youngest recorded age at locality: 710

mindat Locality ID: 204769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Rock Lode (Black Rock Open Cut), Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°43'36"S
Longitude: 139°28'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.726666666667,139.47666666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1655	710	11547
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1655	1655	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1655	1655	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1655	1655	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1655	1655	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1655	1655	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1655	710	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1655	1655	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1655	1655	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1655	1655	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1655	710	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1655	710	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1655	1655	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1655	710	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1655	1655	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1655	710	17380
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1655	1655	170
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1655	1655	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1655	710	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1655	710	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1655	1655	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1655	1655	1101

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000712	The Mary Kathleen mine is a uranium deposit mine in the northern part of Australia and is located near Mount Isa, to which its dates are also associated.
Giersdorf_00000713	The Mary Kathleen mine is a uranium deposit mine in the northern part of Australia and is located near Mount Isa, to which its dates are also associated.
Giersdorf_00000714	The Mount Isa deposit is closely related to the Mary Kathleen U-REE Deposit. Davidite is a common U-bearing mineral found in the Corella Formation associated with pegmatite and granite. It commonly occurs with hematite and brannerite.
Giersdorf_00000715	The Mount Isa deposit is closely related to the Mary Kathleen U-REE Deposit. Davidite is a common U-bearing mineral found in the Corella Formation associated with pegmatite and granite. It commonly occurs with hematite and brannerite.
Giersdorf_00000720	The Mount Isa deposit is closely related to the Mary Kathleen U-REE Deposit. Davidite is a common U-bearing mineral found in the Corella Formation associated with pegmatite and granite. It commonly occurs with hematite and brannerite.

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	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
Giersdorf_00000712	1565	1535	1550±15	U-Pb	uraninite	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	12502	Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mary Kathleen Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925
Giersdorf_00000713	1512	1432	1472±40	Sm-Nd	uraninite	Yes	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	12502	Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mary Kathleen Mine	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925
sedexmvt-00018	1655	1655	1655 Ma (host rock age)	host rock age		Yes			Pb, Zn, Cu	11841	George Fisher Mine, Hilton District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia	Hilton-George Fisher	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
Giersdorf_00000714	1624	1526	1575±49	Pb-Pb	davidite	Yes			U	28503	Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mount Isa Mines	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925
Giersdorf_00000715	820	710	765±55	Pb-Pb	davidite	Yes			U	28503	Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mount Isa Mines	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925
Giersdorf_00000720	1382	942	1162±220	Pb-Pb	davidite	Yes			U	28503	Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mount Isa Mines	Chipley et al. (2007)	10.2138/am.2007.2226	AM92_1925	The higher age priority is due to the age being an the upper intercept age for an isochron carried out by the reference paper from laser ablation
sedexmvt-00024	1655	1655	1655 Ma (Pb-Pb model age)	Pb-Pb model age		Yes			Pb, Zn, Cu	28503	Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia	Mount Isa	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

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