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Locality Name:
Ban Ban Zinc Deposit, Gayndah, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 237
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201

mindat Locality ID: 249926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ban Ban Zinc Deposit, Gayndah, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°46'23"S
Longitude: 151°57'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.773055555556,151.96305555556
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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidote
IlvaiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelStibniteWollastoniteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bustamite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
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)223720103419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS23720109052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi23720101966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S323720101935
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)22372010101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)237201027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2237201027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32372010802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O623720104135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)23720108173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS237201024243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O62372010741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3237201014640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)2372010197
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O23720101271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4237201014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS223720105674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2237201039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S823720109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2237201061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg23720105186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)23720102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS237201021482


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
Kristen002400237201Late Triassic        249926Ban Ban Zinc Deposit, Gayndah, North Burnett Region, Queensland, AustraliaBan Ban Zn LodeMurray (1986)10.1016/0169-1368(86)90012-0OGR1_315 

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