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Locality Name:
Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 200

mindat Locality ID: 285371
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285371.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wolfram Camp

Latitude: 17°3'59"S
Longitude: 144°58'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.066388888889,144.96666666667
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 Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteSymplesite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2602001114569052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2602001114561966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32602001114561935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226020011145627198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)260200111456551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O260200111456345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22602001114569617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26020011145624243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22602001114565800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226020011145617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226020011145639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82602001114569056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226020011145661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2602001114564894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2602001114561153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26020011145621482
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O26020011145692


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
Mo-00003260200230±30Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo146Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, AustraliaWolfram CampPlimer (1974)10.1007/BF00207967MD9_95 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060911Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R060911
R050650Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R050650

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