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Locality Name:
Roxmere Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1575
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1490

mindat Locality ID: 272389
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272389.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roxmere Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Greenmonster Prospect
Snake Creek

Latitude: 20°53'43"S
Longitude: 140°36'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.895277777778,140.60611111111

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 B Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteBerylClayFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural groupStaurolite
Tourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Gedrite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)157514901112498803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3157514901112492353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5157514901112491310
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18157514901112491008
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)215751490111249178
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4157514901112491507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21575149011124917380
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)157514901112492705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5157514901112491516
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)15751490111249978



4 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
EMG15_125-115051505 40Ar/39ArOre emplacement agebiotite  Yes  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.125EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-215371521 U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.126EMG15_125error is +11/-8; p. 127
EMG15_125-3153814901514±24U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.127EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-4157515011538±37U-Pb rutile  YesRutile  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.128EMG15_125p. 127


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