Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Empire Stockworks, Chillagoe, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 308088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Empire Stockworks, Chillagoe, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°12'16"S
Longitude: 144°12'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.204444444444,144.20472222222

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Löllingite
Mica	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetradymite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Watanabeite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Löllingite
Mica None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetradymite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	300	300	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	300	300	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	300	300	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	300	300	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	300	300	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	300	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	300	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	300	300	3846
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	300	300	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	300	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	300	300	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	300	300	14640
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	300	300	762
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	300	300	88
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	300	300	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	300	300	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	300	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	300	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	300	300	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	300	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	300	300	510
Watanabeite ()*	None	Cu₄(As,Sb)₂S₅	300	300	7

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00018	300	300	300							Yes				22616	Chillagoe, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia	Chillagoe	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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