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Locality Name:
McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1686
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1668

mindat Locality ID: 258538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Eloise Mine (Eloise Copper Mine)
Julia Creek
Kynuna
Maronan Station
McKinlay

Latitude: 21°11'7"S
Longitude: 141°18'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.185277777778,141.30666666667
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumCubaniteDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumIlvaiteKaoliniteLöllingite
MadociteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyrosmalitePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTitanite

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Allargentum  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Launayite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyroxferroite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Veenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S168616681114862793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1114818803
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)1686166811148669
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3168616681114862353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS168616681114869052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3168616681114861935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)211479,1148127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21686166811148627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O168616681114863531
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)16861668111486180
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)16861668111486371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2168616681114869617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1216861668111486663
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O416861668111486445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1686166811148624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1114817437
Gold  (*)CopperAu11147930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC168616681114862812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)216861668111486223
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS16861668111486170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1114816890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O616861668111486741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3168616681114865433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)16861668111486197
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1416861668111486784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41114815591
Launayite  (*)MadociteCuPb10(Sb,As)13S20168616681114863
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs216861668111486762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41686166811148614899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2168616681114865674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216861668211481,1148617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O168616681114862994
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS316861668111486733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3168616681114861425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216861668211481,1148639462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3111484341
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)101686166811148638
Pyroxferroite  (*)NoneFe2+SiO31686166811148617
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO316861668111486147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8168616681114869056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2211479,1148161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)168616681114866417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5168616681114861516
Silver  (*)CopperAg168616681114865186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1686166811148621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS416861668111486586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S31686166811148662
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2168616681114863337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O168616681114864899
Veenite  (*)NonePb2(Sb,As)2S5168616681114869


2 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
sedexmvt-00011167516751675 Ma (Pb-Pb model age)Pb-Pb model age       17584Cannington Mine (South32 Cannington), McKinlay, McKinlay Shire, Queensland, AustraliaCanningtonTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00016168616681677±9        17584Cannington Mine (South32 Cannington), McKinlay, McKinlay Shire, Queensland, AustraliaCanningtonSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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