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Locality Name:
Plume Prospect, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1575
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1490

mindat Locality ID: 270112
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270112.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plume Prospect, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°57'5"S
Longitude: 140°28'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.951388888889,140.48166666667
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 As Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBastnäsiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCorundum
FeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSphalerite
StibniteTitaniteZircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21575149003419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1575149009052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61575149002060
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F157514900304
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1575149001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31575149001935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15751490027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215751490027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS157514900966
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1575149002740
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31575149005433
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21575149005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215751490017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1575149002349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215751490039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81575149009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215751490061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21575150105614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15751490021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1538149004899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1575149005251


4 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

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