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Locality Name:
Wolfram Pipe (Wolfram Blow; Pipe No. 10; Yates No. 11; Little Tunnel; Old 26), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 238
Youngest recorded age at locality: 215

mindat Locality ID: 108467
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108467.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolfram Pipe (Wolfram Blow; Pipe No. 10; Yates No. 11; Little Tunnel; Old 26), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°48'41"S
Longitude: 151°58'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.811388888889,151.97333333333
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 Bi C Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperGelosaiteKobellite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
StibniteTetradymite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Cannonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gelosaite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)Kobellite  (*)
Koechlinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)23821502734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS23821509052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi23821501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S323821501935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2382150716
Cannonite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)(OH)2238215026
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO223821505171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2238215027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S52382150344
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)2382150551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS238215024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S42382150192
Gelosaite  (*)Not in a structural group GelosaiteBiMo6+(2-5x)Mo5+6xO7(OH)·H2O (0 < x < 0.4)23821503
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S3238215054
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35238215087
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO6238215039
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS223821505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2238215017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2238215039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S823821509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2238215061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg23821505186
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO423821501655


2 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
Mo-00185218215      YesFerrimolybdite, Koechlinite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite, Wulfenite, GelosaiteMo91Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, AustraliaKingsgatePlimer & Elliot (1979-1980)10.1016/0375-6742(79)90060-8JGE12_21 
Mo-00216238220 K-Ar, Os-Os    YesFerrimolybdite, Koechlinite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite, Wulfenite, GelosaiteMo27310Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia Yin et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90358-4GCA57_4119 

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