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Locality Name:
Endeavour 22 (E22 Ore Body; Endeavour Prospect; Northparkes Mine; Goonumbla Mine; Endeavour Mine), Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 446
Youngest recorded age at locality: 437

mindat Locality ID: 130641
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130641.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Endeavour 22 (E22 Ore Body; Endeavour Prospect; Northparkes Mine; Goonumbla Mine; Endeavour Mine), Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°54'42"S
Longitude: 148°2'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.911666666667,148.03666666667

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: Al Ba C Cu H O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Cu H O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteBaryteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)244643705509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)446437011547
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O44643703531
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)4464370234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2446437012537
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)44464370369



1 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
PorphCu-00149446437446–437     YesBornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Epidote, Fluorite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, RutileCu57416Endeavour 26 (E26 Ore Body), Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, AustraliaEndeavourSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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