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Locality Name:
Great Cobar Mine (Cobar Copper Mine), Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 12015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Cobar Mine (Cobar Copper Mine), Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°30'"S
Longitude: 145°50'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.5,145.84027777778
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 Au Bi C Cl Co Cu Fe H K Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Cl Co Cu Fe H K Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAtacamiteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CobaltiteCopperCovelliteCubaniteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gold  (*)
Guanajuatite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Philipsbornite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se3037
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6051
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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