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Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia

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Ref.:
Crane, M. M., Sharpe, J. L. and Williams, P. A. (2001): Formation of chrysocolla and secondary copper phosphates in the highly weathered supergene zones of some Australian deposits. Records of the Australian Museum, 53, 49-56.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
  		•  Acanthite
    Ag
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [MinRec 19:478]
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines, Prospects and Mineral Occurences Database]
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
    Site Photo
    Lithgow tin workings, Mica Creek, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Almandine
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Mineralium Deposita 44 (2009) 11-40.]
  		•  Anglesite
    PbSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Van King]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
     
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [Ryan Eagle specimen]
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
    Site Photo
    Slaughteryard Creek, May Downs Station, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [MinRec 19:478]
  		•  Argentopyrite
    AgFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Bertrandite
    Be
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 45:1300-1303]
  		•  Beryl
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
    Site Photo
    Big River Mine, Galah Creek, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
  		•  Bismuth
    Bi
    Reference: [MinRec 19:478]
  		•  Bismutite
    (BiO)
     
    2
    		CO
     
    3
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
  		•  Blödite
    Na
     
    2
    		Mg(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides pers comm]
  		•  Botryogen
    MgFe
    3+
     
    		[OH|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [MinRec 19:478]
  		•  Boulangerite
    Pb
     
    5
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    11
    Reference: [MinRec 19:478]
  		•  Brannerite
    (U
    4+
     
    		,Ca)(Ti,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [Mineralium Deposita 44 (2009) 11-40.]
  		•  Brochantite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Uwe Kolitsch collection]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides pers comm]
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
    Site Photo
    Lithgow tin workings, Mica Creek, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Celsian
    Ba[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [bottrill (unpub.)]
    Site Photo
    Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © 2002 Thames Valley Minerals
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines, Prospects and Mineral Occurences Database]
    Site Photo
    Barbara Mine, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
     
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Econ Geol. (1995) 90:255-270; Econ Geol (1989) 84:529-550; Econ Geol (1984) 79:601-637]
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [AIMM mong.1965]
  		•  Cobaltite
    CoAsS
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1984) 79:601-637]
  		•  Columbite-(Fe)
    FeNb
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [Personal collection]
    Site Photo
    Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © KeithCompton
  		•  Covellite
    CuS
    Reference: [AIMM mong.1965]
  		•  Cubanite
    CuFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [Econ Geol. (1995) 90:255-270; Econ Geol (1984) 79:601-637]
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [AIMM mong.1965]
  		•  Digenite
    Cu
     
    9
    		S
     
    5
    Reference: [AIMM mong.1965]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1989) 84:529-550; Econ Geol (1984) 79:601-637]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Dravite
    [Na][Mg
     
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    May Downs Station, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © JSS
  		•  Dyscrasite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Sb
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
    Site Photo
    Slaughteryard Creek, May Downs Station, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
     
  		•  Epsomite
    MgSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [MinRec 19:480]
  		•  Freibergite
    (Ag
     
    4+2x
    		Cu
     
    2-2x
    		)[(Cu, Ag)
     
    4
    		(Fe, Zn)
     
    2
    		]Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    12
    		S
     
    1-x
    		 (0 < x < 1)
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
     
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines, Prospects and Mineral Occurences Database]
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Graftonite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		,Ca)
     
    3
    		[PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
  		•  Greenockite
    CdS
    Reference: [Ryan Eagle]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Greenockite
    var: Zincian Greenockite
    (Cd,Zn)S
    Reference: [Ryan Eagle specimen]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Gudmundite
    FeSbS
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Description: Both natural and post mining
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides pers comm]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Mineralium Deposita 44 (2009) 11-40.]
  		•  Hemimorphite
    Zn
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
  		•  'K Feldspar'
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1984) 79:601-637]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Joseph A. Freilich]
    Site Photo
    Slaughteryard Creek, May Downs Station, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Mackinawite
    (Fe,Ni)
     
    9
    		S
     
    8
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
  		•  Magnesite
    MgCO
     
    3
    Reference: [MinReec 19:482]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
    Site Photo
    Slaughteryard Creek, May Downs Station, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
     
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines, Prospects and Mineral Occurences Database]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
  		•  'Monazite'
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
  		•  Palygorskite
    (Mg,Al)
     
    5
    		(Si,Al)
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides pers comm]
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
  		•  Phosgenite
    Pb
     
    2
    		[Cl
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [MinRec 19:482]
  		•  Plumbogummite
    PbAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Ryan Eagle specimen]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Plumbophyllite
    Pb
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Description: Fine needles on cerussite
    Reference: [R Bottrill (unpub data)]
  		•  Proustite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    Reference: [MinRec 19:482]
  		•  Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pyromorphite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Keith Compton collection; Joseph A. Freilich]
    Site Photo
    Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides pers comm]
    Site Photo
    Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Alan Goldstein
  		•  Riebeckite
    [ ][Na
     
    2
    		][Fe
    2+
    3
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [Mineralium Deposita 44 (2009) 11-40.]
  		•  Römerite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·14H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
  		•  Schorl
    [Na][Fe
    2+
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Slaughteryard Creek, May Downs Station, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Keith Compton
  		•  'Sericite'
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1984) 79:601-637]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
  		•  Siderite
    var: Zincian Siderite
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
     
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Habit: small wires
    Reference: [Con Constantinides]
  		•  Smithsonite
    ZnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
    © Ryan Eagle
  		•  Smithsonite
    var: Monheimite
    Reference: [Van King]
    Site Photo
    Handlebar Hill Open Cut, Hilton deposits, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
     
  		•  Spessartine
    Mn
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Stephanite
    Ag
     
    5
    		SbS
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Stilpnomelane
    (K,Ca,Na)(Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg,Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    8
    		(Si,Al)
     
    12
    		(O,OH)
     
    36
    		 · nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Knights, J.G., 1985, Hilton Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Ore Mineralogy. unpublished]
  		•  Talc
    Mg
     
    3
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1989) 84:529-550]
  		•  Tantalite-(Fe)
    FeTa
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [Costas Constantinides collection, Australian museum id]
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1984) 79:601-637]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    Reference: [Queensland Government Department of Mines and Energy - Queensland Mines, Prospects and Mineral Occurences Database]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [Mineralium Deposita 44 (2009) 11-40.]
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Mineralium Deposita 44 (2009) 11-40.]


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