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Locality Name:
Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 285

mindat Locality ID: 219295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Ben Lomond Mine
Campaspe
Charters Towers
Dotswood
Glenroy Field (Glenroy Au Project)
Greenvale
McBride Province
Mt Leyshon
Mt Wright Mine
Oak Hills
Oak Hills Station
Ravenswood
Vera Nancy Deposit
Waterloo Deposit

Latitude: 19°42'38"S
Longitude: 146°8'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.710555555556,146.14138888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Germanite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Römerite	Scapolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Germanite Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kaolinite Kieserite Marcasite Melanterite
Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Römerite Scapolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Zircon

81 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*
Alunogen ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Colusite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hammarite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iriginite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jordisite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lindströmite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pekoite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderotil ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silvialite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Trevorite ()*	Uraninite ()*
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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	11135	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	11147	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	500	500	3	11135,11147,11154	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	11146	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	11147	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			1	11135	272
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	11147	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	500	500	1	11154	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	11130,11147	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	500	500	2	11135,11154	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	11147	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	11147	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	11147,11152	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	11135,11142,11146,11147,11148	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	500	500	1	11154	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	11152	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	11135	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	11147,11152	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	500	285	7	11132,11133,11135,11147,11148,11152,11154	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	11143	3902
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	11130	566
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	500	500	1	11154	110
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	11141	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	11147,11152	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	11141	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			2	11147,11152	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	11146	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	500	500	2	11135,11154	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	500	285	5	11132,11133,11135,11147,11154	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	11135	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	500	500	2	11147,11154	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	11146	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	500	285	8	11130,11132,11133,11135,11147,11148,11152,11154	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	11143	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			6	11134,11139,11142,11147,11148,11152	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	11135	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	11135	409
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉			1	11147	43
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	500	500	3	11135,11147,11154	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	11146	407
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	11135	251
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	11146	5433
Iriginite ()*	None	(UO₂)Mo⁶⁺₂O₇·3H₂O			1	11130	15
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	11135,11147	2228
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂			1	11130	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	500	500	3	11147,11152,11154	5591
Lindströmite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₃Cu₃Bi₇S₁₅			1	11147	38
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	285	285	3	11133,11146,11147	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	11130,11152	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	11135	915
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	11130	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	285	285	4	11130,11132,11133,11147	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	11143	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	285	285	7	11130,11132,11133,11135,11147,11148,11152	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	11147	128
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	500	500	1	11154	247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	11146	313
Pekoite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₁₁S₁₈			1	11147	39
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	11146	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	500	285	8	11130,11132,11133,11135,11147,11148,11152,11154	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	11146	341
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	500	500	1	11154	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	11147,11148	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	500	500	8	11130,11135,11142,11143,11147,11148,11152,11154	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O			1	11135	115
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	11135	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	500	500	3	11146,11148,11154	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	11147,11148,11152	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	11135	84
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	11146	1516
Silvialite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(SO₄)			1	11146	3
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	500	285	8	11130,11132,11133,11135,11147,11148,11152,11154	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	11146	1934
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O			1	11135	139
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	11148	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	11148,11152	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	11130	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	11135	2562
Trevorite ()*	Spinel	NiFe³⁺₂O₄			1	11146	17
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	11130	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	11146	5251

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-00513	285	285	285	Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206903	Mount Robin, Campaspe, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia	Mt. Robin	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00507	285	285	285	Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206896	Town Creek, Campaspe, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia	Town Creek	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
vms-00036	500	500	Cambrian-Ordovician		S	217008	Waterloo Deposit, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia	Waterloo	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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