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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Mount Stewart Mine, Leadville, Bligh Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 323
Youngest recorded age at locality: 272

mindat Locality ID: 10729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10729.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Stewart Mine, Leadville, Bligh Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°1'10"S
Longitude: 149°32'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.019444444444,149.54166666667
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
EpidoteGarnetMarcasiteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)332327201534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS32327209052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)323272027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)32327204979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S32327205707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O3232720197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2323272027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS32327204165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S33232720802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O632327204135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)32327208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS323272024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)332327201544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63232720741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3323272014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4323272014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS232327205674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2323272039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl32327201725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S832327209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2323272061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg32327205186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)32327202473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS323272021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1332327205317


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
sedznpb-00030323272Late Carboniferous–Early Permian        10729Mount Stewart Mine, Leadville, Bligh Co., New South Wales, AustraliaLeadvilleSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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