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Locality Name:
Magpie Prospect (Magpie Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1575
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 68188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magpie Prospect (Magpie Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°43'49"S
Longitude: 140°25'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.730277777778,140.42027777778
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nantokite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)248547005509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)485470027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2485470027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O48547003531
Copper  (*)CopperCu48547003846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O48547002970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)248547009895
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2485470012537
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl485470035
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2485470061156


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EMG15_125-115051505 40Ar/39ArOre emplacement agebiotite  Yes  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.125EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-215371521 U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.126EMG15_125error is +11/-8; p. 127
EMG15_125-3153814901514±24U-Pbpre-mineralization alterationtitanite  YesTitanite  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.127EMG15_125p. 127
EMG15_125-4157515011538±37U-Pb rutile  YesRutile  191789Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaHypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW QueenslandFoster et al. (2007)10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.128EMG15_125p. 127
vms-00030485470Lower Ordovician        68188Magpie Prospect (Magpie Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaMagpieMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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