Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ravenswood, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 281153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ravenswood, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hadleigh Castle Mine

Latitude: 20°6'4"S
Longitude: 146°36'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.101111111111,146.61361111111

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	11152	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	11152	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	11152	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	11152	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	11152	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	11152	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	11152	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	11152	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	11152	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	11152	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	11152	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	11152	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	11152	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	11152	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	11152	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	11152	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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