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Locality Name:
Endeavour 27 (E27 Ore Body; 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: 130642
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130642.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Endeavour 27 (E27 Ore Body; Northparkes Mine; Goonumbla Mine; Endeavour Mine), Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°54'30"S
Longitude: 148°3'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.908333333333,148.05
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperGypsumMalachiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)44643701588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)244643705509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)446437011547
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S44643705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2446437027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O44643703531
Copper  (*)CopperCu44643703846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O44643702970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS446437024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu446437030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O44643706890
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)4464370234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2446437012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2446437017380
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)44464370369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2446437039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2446437061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS446437021482


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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