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Locality Name:
Desailly, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 284307
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284307.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Desailly, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Watershed Deposit

Latitude: 16°12'59"S
Longitude: 144°41'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.216388888889,144.69972222222
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 As C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheelite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
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)21114543419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1114548803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31114542353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1114549052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11145427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21114545171
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1114541025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61114544135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1114548173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21114549617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31114541544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6111454741
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1114541271
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211145417380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21114542273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21114541898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211145439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81114549056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211145461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1114544894


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