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Locality Name:
Gayndah, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 237
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201

mindat Locality ID: 282249
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282249.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gayndah, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ban Ban Zinc Deposit

Latitude: 25°46'22"S
Longitude: 151°57'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.772777777778,151.96277777778
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidote
IlvaiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelStibniteWollastoniteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bustamite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22372011116203419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2372011116209052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2372011116201966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32372011116201935
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2237201111620101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)23720111162027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS223720111162027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3237201111620802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62372011116204135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2372011116208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS23720111162024243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6237201111620741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O323720111162014640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)237201111620197
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2372011116201271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O423720111162014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22372011116205674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS223720111162039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82372011116209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223720111162061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2372011116205186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2372011116202473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS23720111162021482


1 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
Kristen002400237201Late Triassic        249926Ban Ban Zinc Deposit, Gayndah, North Burnett Region, Queensland, AustraliaBan Ban Zn LodeMurray (1986)10.1016/0169-1368(86)90012-0OGR1_315 

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