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Locality Name:
Monto, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 235
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 206899
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206899.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monto, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kiwi Carpet
Mount Cannindah Cu-Au-Ag Deposit
Whitewash Prospect

Latitude: 24°45'49"S
Longitude: 151°2'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.763611111111,151.03833333333

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	235	235	1	11624	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	235	235	3	11623,11624,11625	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	235	235	3	11623,11624,11625	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	235	235	2	11624,11625	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	235	235	1	11624	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	235	235	2	11623,11625	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	235	235	1	11625	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	235	235	1	11624	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	235	235	3	11623,11624,11625	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	235	235	2	11623,11625	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	235	235	1	11625	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	235	235	3	11623,11624,11625	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	235	235	1	11625	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	235	235	1	11624	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	235	235	2	11624,11625	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
PorphCu-00511	235	235	235	Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206901	Kiwi Carpet, Monto, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia	Kiwi Carpet	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00509	235	235	235	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite	Cu	206898	Mount Cannindah Cu-Au-Ag Deposit, Monto, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia	Mount Cannindah	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00506	235	235	235	Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Neotocite	Cu	206895	Whitewash Prospect, Monto, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia	Whitewash	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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