Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Goobarragandra Mine (No 1 Mine; No 2 Mine; X Mine; No 3 Reefs Mine), Tumut District, Buccleuch Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 131894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goobarragandra Mine (No 1 Mine; No 2 Mine; X Mine; No 3 Reefs Mine), Tumut District, Buccleuch Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°27'22"S
Longitude: 148°32'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.456111111111,148.54972222222

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.

Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Goethite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*

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 C Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite
Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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