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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 140
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-140.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 23°38'32"S
Longitude: 150°22'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.642222222222,150.37527777778
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluminiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
DiasporeDigeniteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O390390078
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39039009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)239039005509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi39039001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S339039001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS439039005516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe23903900361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)390390027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO239039005171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S39039005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2390390027198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe3903900169
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS39039004165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S33903900802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S39039001027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS390390024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)39039007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu390390030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O39039006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3390390014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3903900804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4390390014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2390390012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS239039005674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS239039005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2390390017380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe23903900409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2390390039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO239039003106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839039009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2390390061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO239039005614
Silver  (*)CopperAg39039005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS390390021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe43903900337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te33903900276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1339039001803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S3903900510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1339039005317


1 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
vms-00032390390Devonian       S140Mount Morgan Mine, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, AustraliaMount MorganMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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