Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ridgeway Mine, Cadia Valley Operations (Cadia-Ridgeway Cu-Au Deposit), Cadia, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 440
Youngest recorded age at locality: 440

mindat Locality ID: 106398
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106398.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ridgeway Mine, Cadia Valley Operations (Cadia-Ridgeway Cu-Au Deposit), Cadia, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°27'48"S
Longitude: 148°59'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.463333333333,148.98444444444

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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 Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Copper Feldspar None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	440	440	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	440	440	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	440	440	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	440	440	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	440	440	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	440	440	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	440	440	14899
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	440	440	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	440	440	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	440	440	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	440	440	5186

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	AJES44_373-00005	440	440	~440							Yes			Au	203398	Cadia Hill Mine (Cadia East Open Cut Mine), Cadia Valley Operations (Cadia-Ridgeway Cu-Au Deposit), Cadia, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia	Cadia Hill	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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