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Locality Name:
Mount Oxide Copper Mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 141
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-141.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Oxide Copper Mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°28'59"S
Longitude: 139°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.483055555556,139.46666666667
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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAndalusiteAtacamiteBrochantiteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteCorundumCyanotrichiteDufrénite
LeucophosphiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzTurquoiseWavellite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Nissonite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sieleckiite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)40246
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O0143
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O091
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O077
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O0110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O046
Nissonite  (*)NoneCu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5H2O04
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sieleckiite  (*)NoneCu3Al4(PO4)2(OH)12·2H2O03
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080035Mount Oxide Copper Mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R080035

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