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Locality Name:
Redcap Creek Skarn, Chillagoe, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 235342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Redcap Creek Skarn, Chillagoe, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°4'22"S
Longitude: 144°25'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.072777777778,144.41972222222

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.

Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	None	Pyroxene	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

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 Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet None Pyroxene Vesuvianite Wollastonite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Grossular ()*	Tilleyite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	300	300	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	300	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	300	300	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	300	300	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	300	300	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	300	300	1544
Tilleyite ()*	None	Ca₅Si₂O₇(CO₃)₂	300	300	19
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	300	300	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	300	300	1247

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
	sedznpb-00018	300	300	300							Yes				22616	Chillagoe, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia	Chillagoe	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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