Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shuttleton, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 55820
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55820.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shuttleton, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cobar-Lyell Mine (Lyell Prospect)
Crowl Creek Mine (Commonwealth Mine)
Glenwood Gossan
Lowan North Prospect (Harlands Main Shaft)
Red Shaft
South Shuttleton Mine (Shuttleton Mine)
Wild Cat Shaft
Wirlong Mine (Star Of The West Mine; The Great Wirlong)

Latitude: 32°8'55"S
Longitude: 146°6'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.148611111111,146.11027777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite
Cubanite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hinsdalite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Cu H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite
Cubanite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0		544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	8745,8746,8750,8751,8752	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	8752	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	8750,8752	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	8745,8752	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	8745,8746,8750,8752	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	8745,8746,8748,8750,8751,8752	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	8745,8752	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	8745	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	8752	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	8750	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	8745,8746	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	8750,8752	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	8746,8748,8750,8751,8752	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	8752	1689
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	8747	82
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	8752	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	8746,8750	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	8745,8746,8750,8751,8752	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	8745,8748,8750,8752	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	8745,8746,8748,8750,8751,8752	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	8745,8752	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	8746,8748,8750,8751	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	8745,8746,8748,8750,8752	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	8748,8752	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	8752	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	8746,8748,8750,8751,8752	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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