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Locality Name:
Kennedy Siltstone Quarry, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1655
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1432

mindat Locality ID: 204772
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204772.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kennedy Siltstone Quarry, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°42'5"S
Longitude: 139°28'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.701388888889,139.47388888889

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000712The 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_00000713The 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.


4 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
Giersdorf_00000712156515351550±15U-Pb uraninite  YesUraniniteUraniniteU12502Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaMary Kathleen MineChipley et al. (2007)10.2138/am.2007.2226AM92_1925 
Giersdorf_00000713151214321472±40Sm-Nd uraninite  YesUraniniteUraniniteU12502Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaMary Kathleen MineChipley et al. (2007)10.2138/am.2007.2226AM92_1925 
sedexmvt-00018165516551655 Ma (host rock age)host rock age    Yes Pb, Zn, Cu11841George Fisher Mine, Hilton District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHilton-George FisherTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedexmvt-00024165516551655 Ma (Pb-Pb model age)Pb-Pb model age    Yes Pb, Zn, Cu28503Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, AustraliaMount IsaTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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