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Locality Name:
Whipstick Mine (Jingera Mineral Co. Mine), Whipstick, Auckland Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 26277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26277.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whipstick Mine (Jingera Mineral Co. Mine), Whipstick, Auckland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°57'9"S
Longitude: 149°42'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.9525,149.70583333333
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: Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O S Si Te U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O S Si Te U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdenite
NonePerovskitePyriteQuartzSkutteruditeSpinelStibniteTetradymite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)38335908803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS38335909052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi38335901966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S338335901935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2383359027198
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O3833590345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF238335909617
Gold  (*)CopperAu383359030554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4383359014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)38335904924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS238335905800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2383359017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2383359039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2383359061156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33833590531
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)338335901214
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S3833590510
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO238335902718


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Emily000537383359late Ordovician to late Middle Devonianstratigraphy       26277Whipstick Mine (Jingera Mineral Co. Mine), Whipstick, Auckland Co., New South Wales, AustraliaWhipstick DepositRose G (1971) GSNSW43_1Molybdenum bismuth ore bodies that bear uranium are hosted in Bega Granite which intrudes into Ordovician sediments, devonian sediments are later in age than the Bega Granite

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