Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cargo Consols Mine (Cargo Mine; The Cargo Consols Mine), Cargo, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 447
Youngest recorded age at locality: 385

mindat Locality ID: 227886
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227886.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cargo Consols Mine (Cargo Mine; The Cargo Consols Mine), Cargo, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°25'45"S
Longitude: 148°48'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.429166666667,148.8

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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	447	385	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	447	385	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	447	385	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	447	385	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	447	385	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	447	385	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	447	385	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	447	385	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	447	385	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	447	385	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	447	385	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	447	385	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	447	385	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	447	385	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	447	385	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	447	385	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	447	385	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	447	385	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	447	385	39462

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
	PorphCu-00640	447	385	447–385									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Neotocite	Cu	227886	Cargo Consols Mine (Cargo Mine; The Cargo Consols Mine), Cargo, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia	Cargo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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