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Locality Name:
Barcoo Shire, Queensland, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 28502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barcoo Shire, Queensland, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Barcoo River
Cooper Creek (Cooper's Creek)
Jundah Opal Field
Windorah

Latitude: 24°39'38"S
Longitude: 143°27'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.660555555556,143.4525

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 Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCopperCoronaditeCorundumCubaniteGarnetIronNickelineNonePalmierite
PerovskitePyroxeneRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelWadsleyite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Akimotoite  (*)Bridgmanite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Copper  (*)
Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)
Lingunite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Majorite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Ringwoodite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)Troilite  (*)Tuite  (*)
Wadsleyite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akimotoite  (*)CorundumMgSiO311108710
Bridgmanite  (*)PerovskiteMgSiO31110871
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41110873902
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O611108794
Copper  (*)CopperCu1110873846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61110874135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6111087944
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31110875433
Iron  (*)IronFe1110871089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3111087191
Lingunite  (*)CoronaditeNaAlSi3O81110879
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411108714899
Majorite  (*)GarnetMg3(MgSi)(SiO4)311108724
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O311081,11083,110842994
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81110879056
Ringwoodite  (*)SpinelSiMg2O411108725
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)111087703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi111087116
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1110871044
Tuite  (*)PalmieriteCa3(PO4)21110877
Wadsleyite  (*)WadsleyiteMg2SiO411108713
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO11108774



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070079Tenham Meteorite, Tenham Station, Windorah, Barcoo Shire, Queensland, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R070079


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