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Locality Name:
Thackaringa District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 19064
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19064.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thackaringa District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Bailey's Tank Quarry
Bakers Pegmatite (Bakers MI 33 Mine)
Egebeck Quarry (Egebek Pegmatite; Egebeck Pegmatite)
Hercules Mine
Ireland's Garnet Mine
Lady Beryl Mine (Lady Beryl Pegmatite)
Lily Mine (Lily Extended)
O'Connell's Kyanite Quarry
Pioneer Mine (Pioneer Extended)
Railway Cutting
Spar Ridge Quarry (Spar Ridge Pegmatite)
Staurolite Ridge Mine
Thackaringa
Thackaringa Highway North (Bonanza Mine)
Thackaringa Pyrite Deposit (Pine Ridge; Pyrite Hill)
Thackaringa South Rail
Triple Chance Mine
Wilson's Quarry (Wilson's Pegmatite)

Latitude: 32°5'57"S
Longitude: 141°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.099166666667,141.16666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Be Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltite
CovelliteCubaniteDiasporeFeldsparGarnetGypsumLazuliteMalachiteMarcasiteMica
NadoriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StauroliteTetrahedriteTripliteValleriiteWagneriteWurtziteZircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Barbosalite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Perite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Triplite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Wolfeite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1102788803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3410261,10265,10272,102772353
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)210264,102692734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS210269,102789052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21102675509
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)211027843
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2110278606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18210277,102784286
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O110278280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11026427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)210264,102694979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211026927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl210267,102731382
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS110269966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1102694165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3110269802
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F210269,102782740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS210264,1026924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1102657437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1102786890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61102752228
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41102681507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411026514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2210267,1026912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21102695674
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O110275223
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211027717380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6110275254
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)310269,10277,102782349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS110269767
Perite  (*)NadoritePbBiO2Cl11027727
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2310269,10275,1027839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81102699056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2510264,10268,10269,10275,1027861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1102781153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)310264,10265,102696417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11026921482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)110272978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131102695317
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F110278233
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]110269237
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)11027843
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1102695251


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