Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 219305
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219305.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Good Hope Mine
Herberton
Innot Hot Springs
Kinrara National Park
Mount Garnet
Mount Gibson
The Bluff State Forest
Tinaroo Falls

Latitude: 17°37'19"S
Longitude: 145°14'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.621944444444,145.23583333333

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.

Amphibole	Baddeleyite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Garnet
Matlockite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismoclite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Corundum ()*	Ferronigerite-6N6S ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hercynite ()*
Koechlinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Preisingerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Sn Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baddeleyite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Garnet
Matlockite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Topaz Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon Zirconolite

32 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	300	300	1	11693	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	300	300	1	11694	1534
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	11689	238
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	11695	4286
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl			1	11686	71
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	11686	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	300	1	11694	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	11695	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	300	1	11694	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	11689	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	11689,11695	1797
Ferronigerite-6N6S ()*	None	(Al,Fe,Zn)₃(Al,Sn,Fe)₈O₁₅(OH)	300	300	1	11694	5
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	300	1	11694	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	300	300	1	11693	1544
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	11689	407
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆			1	11686	39
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	11689	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	300	300	1	11694	14899
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	11689	471
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)			1	11686	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	300	2	11694,11698	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	300	300	1	11694	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	300	3	11692,11693,11695	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	11689	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	11689	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	300	2	11693,11694	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	11689	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	11692,11695	1476
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	300	300	1	11694	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	300	300	1	11694	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	11689	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇			1	11689	140

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
	sedznpb-00035	300	300	300											12484	Mount Garnet Skarn Deposit, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia	Mount Garnet	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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