Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ruby Silver Mine, Rockvale, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 203425
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203425.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruby Silver Mine, Rockvale, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°24'25"S
Longitude: 151°58'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.406944444444,151.97722222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 K O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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