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Locality Name:
Girilambone Copper Mine (Murrawombie Open Pit; West Bogan Mine; West Bogan No.5 Block), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 16762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16762.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Girilambone Copper Mine (Murrawombie Open Pit; West Bogan Mine; West Bogan No.5 Block), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°15'31"S
Longitude: 146°52'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.258611111111,146.86944444444

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Turquoise

Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sieleckiite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Copper Covellite Diaspore Digenite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Turquoise

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	510	510	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	510	510	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	510	510	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	510	510	11547
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	510	510	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	510	510	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	510	510	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	510	510	77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	510	510	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	510	510	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	510	510	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	510	510	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	510	510	310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	510	510	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	510	510	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	510	510	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	510	510	7437
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	510	510	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	510	510	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	510	510	5674
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	510	510	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	510	510	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	510	510	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	510	510	61156
Sieleckiite ()*	None	Cu₃Al₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	510	510	3
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	510	510	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	510	510	1101
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	510	510	484

2 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
	vms-00021	510	510	Cambrian										S	16762	Girilambone Copper Mine (Murrawombie Open Pit; West Bogan Mine; West Bogan No.5 Block), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Girilambone	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00025	541	495	Cambrian							Yes				98776	North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Larsen East	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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