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Locality Name:
Peak Hill, Narromine Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 146565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peak Hill, Narromine Co., New South Wales, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Airstrip Prospect
Black Snake Mine
Bobby Burns Mine
Crown Of Peak Hill Mine
Great Eastern Mine
Lamberts Mine
Paddys Flat Diggings
Peak Hill Pty Mine
Smith And Woodens Mine
Smiths Mine
The Bluff Mine
Turners Mine
Wythes And Mooneys Mine

Latitude: 32°43'48"S
Longitude: 148°12'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.73,148.20472222222

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melanterite	Melonite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Melanterite Melonite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Turquoise Wurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	8904	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	8898	58
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	8898	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	8900,8904,8905	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	8904	361
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	8904	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	8898,8904	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	8897,8904	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	8904	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	8898	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	0		481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	8904	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	8904	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	8904	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	8897,8904	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	8904	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	8897,8898,8899,8900,8901,8902,8903,8904,8905,8906,8907,8908,8909	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	0		72
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	8904	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	8904	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	8904	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	8897,8898	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	8904	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	8904	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	8897,8899,8900,8901,8902,8904,8905,8907,8908,8909	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	8898	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	8904	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	8897	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	8898,8899,8900,8901,8902,8904,8905,8906,8907,8908,8909	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	8897,8904	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	6	8899,8900,8901,8904,8905,8909	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	8898	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	8904	484
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	0		652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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