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Locality Name:
Budgerygar Mine, Hermidale, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 99752
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99752.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Budgerygar Mine, Hermidale, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°23'9"S
Longitude: 146°42'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.385833333333,146.71555555556

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 Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCovelliteKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S51051005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2510510027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS51051004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O54149502970
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)454149505591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2541495017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2510510039462



2 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
vms-00007510510Cambrian       S99752Budgerygar Mine, Hermidale, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, AustraliaBudgerygarMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00020541495Cambrian        99752Budgerygar Mine, Hermidale, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, AustraliaBudgeryMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


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