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Locality Name:
Answer, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1575
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1490

mindat Locality ID: 306744
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-306744.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Answer, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°40'19"S
Longitude: 140°21'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.671944444444,140.36

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite

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 Fe H K O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Scheelite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1575	1490	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1575	1490	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1575	1490	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1575	1490	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1575	1490	2970
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1575	1490	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1575	1490	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1575	1490	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1575	1490	4894

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
EMG15_125-1	1505	1505		40Ar/39Ar	Ore emplacement age	biotite	Yes		191789	Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland	Foster et al. (2007)	10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.125	EMG15_125	p. 127
EMG15_125-2	1537	1521		U-Pb	pre-mineralization alteration	titanite	Yes	Titanite	191789	Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland	Foster et al. (2007)	10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.126	EMG15_125	error is +11/-8; p. 127
EMG15_125-3	1538	1490	1514±24	U-Pb	pre-mineralization alteration	titanite	Yes	Titanite	191789	Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland	Foster et al. (2007)	10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.127	EMG15_125	p. 127
EMG15_125-4	1575	1501	1538±37	U-Pb		rutile	Yes	Rutile	191789	Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia	Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland	Foster et al. (2007)	10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.128	EMG15_125	p. 127

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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