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Locality Name:
Mica Creek, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 45464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mica Creek, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Beryl King Pegmatite
Beryl North Mine
Beryl Queen Mine
Big Beryl Mine
Campbell's Shaft
Emancipation Mine
Hexagon Mine
Lithgow Tin Workings
Mica 2 Mine

Latitude: 20°48'30"S
Longitude: 139°25'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.808333333333,139.43222222222
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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Ce F Fe H Mn Na Nb O P Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenicBerylBismutiteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGraftoniteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltRutile
SpinelTourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beusite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graftonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)311565,11568,115718803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2211568,11571606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18411566,11567,11568,115714286
Beusite  (*)GraftoniteMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)211156539
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1115661966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)111566716
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2211569,115725171
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2094
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O60289
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1115658173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11156824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2111565107
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211156812537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)211568,115724924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2711565,11566,11567,11568,11571,11572,1157317380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2711565,11566,11567,11568,11571,11572,1157361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214


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