Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gundagai, Clarendon Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 12248
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12248.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gundagai, Clarendon Co., New South Wales, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Back Station Creek Mine
Fontenoy
Gunning Star Mine
Long Tunnel Mine (Kenny And Frewins Mine)
Prince Of Wales Gold Mine (Prince Of Wales And Sybil Mine)
Robinson And Rices Gold Mine

Latitude: 34°59'19"S
Longitude: 148°3'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.988611111111,148.06111111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Garnet	Malachite	Melonite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Garnet Malachite Melonite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	5185	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	5185	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	5189	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	5188,5189,5190	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	5188,5189	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	5186	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	5186	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	5188	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	5185,5187,5188,5189,5190	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	5185,5189	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	5189,5190	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	5185,5187,5188,5189,5190	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	5188	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	5188	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	5189	510
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	5186	212

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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