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Locality Name:
Desolation Prospect, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1575
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1490

mindat Locality ID: 217487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217487.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Desolation Prospect, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°2'53"S
Longitude: 140°33'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.048055555556,140.55611111111
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Ti U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Ti U W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteChenevixiteCobaltiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeFeldsparMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSpangoliteTungstiteVivianite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornetite  (*)Covellite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Spangolite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4157514900246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1575149009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21575149005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15751490011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61575149001633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215751490027198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)215751490090
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1575149003531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3157514900127
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS157514900966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)157514900363
Copper  (*)CopperCu1575149003846
Cornetite  (*)NoneCu3(PO4)(OH)315751490026
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1575149004165
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O157514900814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15751490024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1575149007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15751490030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315751490014640
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)157514900111
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)157514900234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215751490012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21575149005674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21575149005800
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)157514900492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1575149002349
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4157514900369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215751490039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81575149009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215751490061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21575150105614
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O157514900105
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1575149001059
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O157514900118


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
EMG15_125-115051505 40Ar/39ArOre emplacement agebiotite  Yes  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.125EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-215371521 U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.126EMG15_125error is +11/-8; p. 127
EMG15_125-3153814901514±24U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.127EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-4157515011538±37U-Pb rutile  YesRutile  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.128EMG15_125p. 127

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