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Locality Name:
Lloyds Copper Mine (Thompson Creek Mine; Excelsior Mine; Burraga Copper Mine), Burraga, Georgiana Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 55856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lloyds Copper Mine (Thompson Creek Mine; Excelsior Mine; Burraga Copper Mine), Burraga, Georgiana Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°57'38"S
Longitude: 149°31'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.960555555556,149.53166666667
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumArsenicArsenopyriteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperDevillineMalachiteMarcasiteMelanterite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Alpersite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boothite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Langite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alpersite  (*)MelanteriteMg(SO4)·7H2O010
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Boothite  (*)MelanteriteCu(SO4)·7H2O018
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)0180
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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