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Locality Name:
Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 228439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bull Creek Chrysoprase Mine
Hairy Peruvian Mine
Kagara Zinc Mines
Mount Garnet Skarn Deposit

Latitude: 17°38'29"S
Longitude: 145°7'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.641388888889,145.12666666667
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteGarnetNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTopazVesuvianiteWollastonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferronigerite-6N6S  (*)
Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Topaz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23003001116933419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33003001116941534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)30030011169427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS230030011169427198
Ferronigerite-6N6S  (*)None(Al,Fe,Zn)3(Al,Sn,Fe)8O15(OH)3003001116945
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS30030011169424243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33003001116931544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O430030011169414899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS230030011169439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83003001116949056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2300300211692,1169361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS300300211693,1169421482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21116921476
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)103003001116941395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33003001116941247


1 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
sedznpb-00035300300300        12484Mount Garnet Skarn Deposit, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland, AustraliaMount GarnetSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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