Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moonmera Prospect, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 245

mindat Locality ID: 206890
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206890.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moonmera Prospect, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°36'"S
Longitude: 150°24'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.6,150.4

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	245	245	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	245	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	245	245	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	245	245	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	245	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	245	245	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	245	245	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	245	245	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	245	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	245	245	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	245	245	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	245	245	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	245	245	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	245	245	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	245	245	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	245	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	245	245	5614
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	245	245	1101

2 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-00502	245	245	245									Azurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Epidote, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Rutile, Tenorite	Cu	206890	Moonmera Prospect, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia	Moonmera	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	vms-00032	390	390	Devonian							Yes			S	140	Mount Morgan Mine, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia	Mount Morgan	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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