Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cue Goldfield, Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 265024
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265024.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cue Goldfield, Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Caledonian Hill Gold Area
Cue One Gold Mine (Cue No 1; Cue No 1 Proprietary)
Cue Victory Gold Mine
Eclipse Gold Mine
Gem Of Cue Gold Mine (Gladstone)
Hidden Treasure Gold Mine
Light Of Asia Gold Mine
New Eldorado Gold Mine (Eldorado; Three Crowns)
Red White And Blue Gold Mine
Salisbury Gold Mine
Tasmania Gold Mine
Volunteer Group

Latitude: 27°24'36"S
Longitude: 117°54'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.41,117.90694444444

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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 Au Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	15398	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	15398	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	15398	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10	15393,15394,15395,15397,15398,15399,15400,15401,15402,15404	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	15398	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	15398	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	15398	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	15398	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	15398	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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