Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Trundle, Cunningham Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 452
Youngest recorded age at locality: 442

mindat Locality ID: 111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trundle, Cunningham Co., New South Wales, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bayleys Reward Workings
Billabong Gold Field
Camerons Mine (Camerons Workings)
Copper Hill Mine
Dunns Mine
Mordialloc Mine
Pilling Mine (Pillings Prospect)
Valley Prospect
Willcoxs Mine

Latitude: 32°54'21"S
Longitude: 147°45'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.905833333333,147.75027777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ce O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Enargite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Monazite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	452	442	1	6273	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	452	442	1	6273	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	452	442	1	6273	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	6277	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	6274	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	6275,6278	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	452	442	4	6272,6273,6275,6277	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	452	442	1	6273	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	452	442	2	6273,6275	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	452	442	2	6272,6273	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	452	442	1	6273	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	452	442	1	6273	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	452	442	1	6273	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	452	442	1	6273	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	6276	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	452	442	1	6273	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	452	442	5	6271,6272,6273,6275,6278	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	452	442	1	6273	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	452	442	4	6272,6273,6274,6275	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	452	442	1	6273	5591
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	6276	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	452	442	2	6273,6276	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	452	442	6	6270,6271,6272,6273,6277,6278	12537
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	452	442	1	6273	155
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	452	442	1	6273	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	452	442	0		945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	452	442	1	6273	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	452	442	1	6273	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	452	442	1	6273	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	452	442	4	6272,6273,6275,6277	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	6278	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	452	442	4	6271,6273,6275,6277	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	6275	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	452	442	1	6273	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	452	442	1	6273	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	452	442	2	6273,6278	5317

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
	PorphCu-00192	452	442	447±5									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	143892	Copper Hill Mine, Trundle, Cunningham Co., New South Wales, Australia	Copper Hill	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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