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Locality Name:
McAlpine Copper Mine, Brungle, Buccleuch Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 131827
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131827.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McAlpine Copper Mine, Brungle, Buccleuch Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°11'29"S
Longitude: 148°15'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.191388888889,148.25861111111
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: As Bi C Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteCubaniteEpsomiteMalachiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)Goslarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Maucherite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O0188
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As80161
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380


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