Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Waterloo Deposit, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500

mindat Locality ID: 217008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217008.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waterloo Deposit, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°22'17"S
Longitude: 146°6'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.371388888889,146.10833333333

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Germanite	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Colusite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Germanite Kaolinite
Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	500	500	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	500	500	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	500	500	11547
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	500	500	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	500	500	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	500	500	110
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	500	500	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	500	500	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	500	500	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	500	500	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	500	500	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	500	500	5591
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	500	500	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	500	500	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	500	500	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	500	500	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	500	500	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	500	500	21482

1 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
	vms-00036	500	500	Cambrian-Ordovician										S	217008	Waterloo Deposit, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia	Waterloo	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

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