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Locality Name:
Struck Oil, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 250

mindat Locality ID: 206897
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206897.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 23°36'39"S
Longitude: 150°27'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.610833333333,150.4575

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.

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteMolybdeniteNonePyriteSphaleriteSpinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2250250027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25025008173
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4250250014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS225025005800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2250250039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS250250021482



2 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
vms-00032390390Devonian     Yes S140Mount Morgan Mine, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, AustraliaMount MorganMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
PorphCu-00508250250250      Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu206897Struck Oil, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, AustraliaStruck OilSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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