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Locality Name:
Endeavour 26 (E26 Ore Body), Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 446
Youngest recorded age at locality: 437

mindat Locality ID: 57416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Endeavour 26 (E26 Ore Body), Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°56'30"S
Longitude: 148°2'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.941666666667,148.0475
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Na Ni O P Pb S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Na Ni O P Pb S Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFluoriteGypsum
KaoliniteLeucophosphiteMalachiteMeloniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosideritePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTurquoiseWardite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinoatacamite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyrilovite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sampleite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)44643701588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)34464370544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)244643705509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)446437011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS444643705516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)644643701633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe24464370361
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S44643705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2446437027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O44643703531
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3446437043
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O4464370295
Copper  (*)CopperCu44643703846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS44643704165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O44643702970
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O446437060
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S44643701027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)44643708173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF244643709617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS446437024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)44643707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu446437030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O44643706890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3446437014640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH4464370367
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)644643702228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)444643705591
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O4464370110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)4464370234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4446437014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2446437012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2446437017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4464370767
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O4464370182
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)44464370369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2446437039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2446437061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO244643705614
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O446437040
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)44643702473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS446437021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1344643701803
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O4464370484


1 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
PorphCu-00149446437446–437      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Epidote, Fluorite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, RutileCu57416Endeavour 26 (E26 Ore Body), Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, AustraliaEndeavourSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070018Endeavour 26 (E26 Ore Body), Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R070018

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