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Locality Name:
Bamford, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 278221
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278221.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bamford, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bamford Hill Mine (Bamford Hill W-Mo-Bi Deposit)
Sunny Corner Mine

Latitude: 17°18'47"S
Longitude: 144°55'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.313055555556,144.91916666667
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 Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteClayFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bamfordite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bamfordite  (*)NoneFe3+Mo2O6(OH)3·H2O1114401
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1114401966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31114401935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211144027198
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O111440345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21114409617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11144024243
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)111440123
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21114405800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211144017380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)111440494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211144039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211144061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1114404894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11144021482


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