Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Esperanza Z5 Mine (Esperanza Deposit), Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 208664
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208664.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esperanza Z5 Mine (Esperanza Deposit), Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°41'56"S
Longitude: 139°21'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.698888888889,139.35805555556

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Enargite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite	Zircon

Anilite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Yarrowite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Enargite Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	88
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	38
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	73
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	70
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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