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Biotite from
Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:550444
Long-form Identifier:1:3:550444:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘMonakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
29.4km (18.3 miles) ⓘSnake Creek, Roxmere Station, Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘErnest Henry Cu-Au deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
48.9km (30.4 miles) ⓘMount Colin mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
55.3km (34.4 miles) ⓘEloise Mine (Eloise Copper Mine), McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia
60.1km (37.4 miles) ⓘCattle Creek, Cattle Creek area, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘStraight 8 deposit (Straight Eight Mine), Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
62.8km (39.0 miles) ⓘWee Macgregor Mine, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
64.0km (39.7 miles) ⓘDugald River Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
67.3km (41.8 miles) ⓘKalman Mo-Re-Cu-Au deposit, Duchess, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
References
Cannell, James, Davidson, Garry J. (1998) A carbonate-dominated copper-cobalt breccia-vein system at the Great Australia Deposit, Mount Isa eastern succession. Economic Geology, 93 (8) 1406-1421 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.93.8.1406
Marshall, Lucas J., Oliver, Nicholas H. S., Davidson, Garry J. (2006) Carbon and oxygen isotope constraints on fluid sources and fluid–wallrock interaction in regional alteration and iron-oxide–copper–gold mineralisation, eastern Mt Isa Block, Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 41 (5) 429-452 doi:10.1007/s00126-006-0069-3
 
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