Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 246

mindat Locality ID: 45194
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45194.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Limonite Hill
Mount Chalmers Mine

Latitude: 23°29'43"S
Longitude: 150°38'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.495277777778,150.64083333333

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	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	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 Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	270	270	1	11658	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	270	270	1	11658	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	270	270	1	11658	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	270	270	1	11658	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	270	270	1	11658	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	270	246	2	11657,11658	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	270	270	1	11658	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	246	246	1	11657	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	270	246	2	11657,11658	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	270	246	2	11657,11658	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	246	246	1	11657	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	270	270	1	11658	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	246	246	1	11657	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	270	246	2	11657,11658	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	270	246	2	11657,11658	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	270	270	1	11658	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	270	270	1	11658	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	270	270	1	11658	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	270	246	2	11657,11658	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	270	270	1	11658	3337

2 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
	PorphCu-00501	246	246	246									Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206889	Limonite Hill, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia	Limonite Hill	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	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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