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Locality Name:
Fifield, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 122878
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122878.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fifield, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Alluvial Gold And Platinum Ltd Mine
Burra Alluvial Tin Mines
Bursted Boulder Mine (Bursted Boulder Prospect)
Cincinatti Prospect
Fifield Lead
Hill Top Prospect
Jacks Lookout Workings
Jerusalem Creek
Kelvin Grove Prospect
Mahgalore Mine
Morefield Prospect
Myuna Mine (Myuna Prospect)
North Owendale Prospect
Owendale Lead Deposit
Owendale North Mine
Platina Lead
Tresylva Prospect
Wilmatha Mine

Latitude: 32°42'42"S
Longitude: 147°21'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.711666666667,147.36444444444

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 Au Bi C Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Mn Ni O Os Pb Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Ir Ni S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicAuricuprideBowieiteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DigeniteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bowieite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuproiridsite  (*)
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Digenite  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Galena  (*)Genkinite  (*)
Geversite  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)
Kashinite  (*)Laurite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Malanite  (*)Osmium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stumpflite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)
Tulameenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)228592,86005509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi28584,85921966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3185921935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4185925516
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S31859833
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2185845171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S185995707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS268588,8591,8592,8594,8597,859927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4185983902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O38588,8592,85993531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS28591,8597966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S828591,859782
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS28591,8597124
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS28592,85994165
Cuproiridsite  (*)SpinelCu(Ir3+Ir4+)S41859731
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Spinel(Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S41859734
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S185921027
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS228591,8597110
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS28592,859424243
Genkinite  (*)NonePt4Sb31859712
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb228591,859738
Gold  (*)CopperAu68583,8584,8587,8589,8592,859830554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3185915433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr28590,8598162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe48590,8591,8597,8598128
Kashinite  (*)BowieiteIr2S3029
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS218598226
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O418586229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)58585,8586,8592,8598,85991487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O428588,859114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)248588,8592,8599,860012537
Malanite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S41859735
Osmium  (*)NoneOs28590,8598169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt58583,8584,8587,8589,8598485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS248592,8594,8597,859939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2185993106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S828591,85979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO268584,8588,8589,8592,8594,860061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)185926417
Silver  (*)CopperAg185925186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs228591,8597337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS38591,8594,859721482
Stumpflite  (*)NickelinePtSb185917
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe28591,859766
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe1859048



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