Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Burke Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1601
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1575

mindat Locality ID: 211637
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211637.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burke Shire, Queensland, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Burketown
Lawn Hill

Latitude: 18°13'16"S
Longitude: 139°0'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.221111111111,139.00444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1601	1575	3	11100,11103,11104	3092
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1601	1575	3	11100,11103,11104	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1601	1575	1	11100	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1601	1575	1	11100	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1601	1575	3	11100,11103,11104	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1601	1575	1	11100	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1601	1575	1	11100	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	11097	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1601	1575	3	11100,11103,11104	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1601	1575	3	11100,11103,11104	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1601	1575	3	11100,11103,11104	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1601	1575	1	11100	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1601	1575	3	11100,11103,11104	21482

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00012	1575	1575	1575 Ma (Pb-Pb model age)	Pb-Pb model age										207653	Century Mine, Lawn Hill, Burke Shire, Queensland, Australia	Century	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00017	1601	1589	1595±6											207653	Century Mine, Lawn Hill, Burke Shire, Queensland, Australia	Century	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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