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Locality Name:
Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 238
Youngest recorded age at locality: 215

mindat Locality ID: 27310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°48'50"S
Longitude: 151°58'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.813888888889,151.97388888889

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 Bi C Ca Cl Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBismutiteClayCopperGelosaiteKaoliniteMatlockiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyrochloreQuartzScheelite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)Bismutostibiconite  (*)Cannonite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Gelosaite  (*)Koechlinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Preisingerite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riomarinaite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Silver  (*)Tooeleite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO223822002162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS23822009052
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72382200450
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O32382200214
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl238220071
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2382200716
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)238220051
Bismutostibiconite  (*)Pyrochlore(Bi,Fe3+,   )2Sb5+2O723822007
Cannonite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)(OH)2238220026
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O2382200345
Gelosaite  (*)Not in a structural group GelosaiteBiMo6+(2-5x)Mo5+6xO7(OH)·H2O (0 < x < 0.4)23822003
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO6238220039
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS223822005800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO32382200140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2238220017380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2382200494
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)238220053
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2238220061156
Riomarinaite  (*)NoneBi(SO4)(OH)·H2O23822002
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O23822001153
Silver  (*)CopperAg23822005186
Tooeleite  (*)NoneFe3+6(AsO3)4(SO4)(OH)4·4H2O238220010
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO423822001655



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
Mo-00185218215      YesFerrimolybdite, Koechlinite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite, Wulfenite, GelosaiteMo91Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, AustraliaKingsgatePlimer & Elliot (1979-1980)10.1016/0375-6742(79)90060-8JGE12_21 
Mo-00216238220 K-Ar, Os-Os     Ferrimolybdite, Koechlinite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite, Wulfenite, GelosaiteMo27310Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia Yin et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90358-4GCA57_4119 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120031Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R120031


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