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Locality Name:
Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 200

mindat Locality ID: 146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°4'"S
Longitude: 144°58'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.066666666667,144.96666666667
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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteSymplesite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26020009052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi26020001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S326020001935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260200027198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)2602000551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O2602000345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226020009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260200024243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS226020005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2260200017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260200039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S826020009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260200061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)26020004894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O26020001153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260200021482
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O260200092


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
Mo-00003260200230±30Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo146Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, AustraliaWolfram CampPlimer (1974)10.1007/BF00207967MD9_95 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050650Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R050650

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