Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 219294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Anakie
Buckland Creek
Capella
Emerald
Springsure
Tomahawk Creek
Willows Gemfields

Latitude: 23°38'6"S
Longitude: 147°47'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.635,147.78944444444

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.

Amphibole	Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel
Topaz	Vivianite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Fayalite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Spinel ()*	Topaz ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Corundum Diamond Feldspar None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel
Topaz Vivianite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	11124	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]			1	11124	133
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			5	11116,11119,11120,11121,11127	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	11120	697
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	11124	371
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	11120	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	11120	5433
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	495	3	11116,11124,11126	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	11124	375
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	11124	598
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			2	11116,11120	1934
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	11120	1476
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	11122	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	11116,11120,11127	5251

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-00033	541	495	Cambrian											125471	Reward Fossicking Area, Anakie, Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia	Reward	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

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