Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Chalmers Mine, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 44460
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44460.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Chalmers Mine, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°18'3"S
Longitude: 150°39'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.300833333333,150.65222222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	270	270	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	270	270	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	270	270	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	270	270	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	270	270	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	270	270	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	270	270	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	270	270	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	270	270	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	270	270	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	270	270	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	270	270	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	270	270	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	270	270	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	270	270	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	270	270	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	270	270	3337

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
	vms-00031	270	270	Permian										S	44460	Mount Chalmers Mine, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia	Mount Chalmers	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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