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Locality Name:
Auckland Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 133486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Auckland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Egan Peaks Nature Reserve
Pambula
Whipstick
Wolumla

Latitude: 36°56'23"S
Longitude: 149°45'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.939722222222,149.76055555556

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: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na O P S Se Si Te U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperDiasporeFeldsparFluorite
GarnetKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNonePerovskitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksalt
SkutteruditeSpinelStibniteTetradymite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cookeite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS1416487
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)383359154145,4146,4147,4148,4149,4150,4151,4152,4153,4154,4155,4156,4161,4162,41648803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS383359141629052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi38335924161,41621966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3383359141621935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23833591416227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl141641382
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)814144181
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)14144481
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O38335914162345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2383359141629617
Gold  (*)CopperAu383359144145,4146,4147,4148,4149,4150,4151,4152,4153,4154,4155,4156,4162,416430554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4134144,4145,4146,4147,4148,4149,4150,4151,4152,4153,4154,4155,41565591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43833591416214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)38335924161,41624924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS238335944159,4160,4161,41625800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)238335924144,416217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2383359154144,4145,4146,4147,4148,4149,4151,4152,4153,4154,4155,4156,4157,4162,416439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2154143,4144,4145,4146,4147,4148,4149,4150,4151,4152,4153,4154,4155,4156,4157771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO238335954144,4157,4161,4162,416461156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs338335914162531
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)338335924161,41621214
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S38335914162510
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O383359141601059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2383359141622718



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
Emily000537383359late Ordovician to late Middle Devonianstratigraphy       26277Whipstick Mine (Jingera Mineral Co. Mine), Whipstick, Auckland Co., New South Wales, AustraliaWhipstick DepositRose G (1971) GSNSW43_1Molybdenum bismuth ore bodies that bear uranium are hosted in Bega Granite which intrudes into Ordovician sediments, devonian sediments are later in age than the Bega Granite


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