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Locality Name:
Petford, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 284889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Petford, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Emuford
Sunnymount Mine
Tommy Burns Mine

Latitude: 17°25'38"S
Longitude: 144°55'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.427222222222,144.92472222222
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 Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sn W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylChalcopyriteClayKaoliniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteTopaz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Galena  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2211473,114745171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211147327198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181114731008
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2111473327
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11147324243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4211473,114745591
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211147339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2211473,1147461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1114744894
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21114721476


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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