Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Gold Coast City Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 219288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Coast City Shire, Queensland, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Coolangatta
Currumbin
Darlington Range
North Stradbroke Island
Numinbah Valley

Latitude: 27°57'6"S
Longitude: 153°23'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.951666666667,153.38527777778

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	Calcite	Corundum	None	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	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: C Ca Fe H O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Corundum None Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	0.01	1	11374	27770
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5.3	0.01	1	11369	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	0.01	1	11369	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5.3	0.01	2	11365,11366	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	0.01	1	11374	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5.3	0.01	1	11369	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5.3	0.01	1	11374	6417
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5.3	0.01	1	11369	5251

1 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
	ree-00062	5.3	0.01	Pliocene-Pleistocene											219288	Gold Coast City Shire, Queensland, Australia	Gold Coast	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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