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


mindat Locality ID: 133488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133488.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blaxland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 80
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 74

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Anomaly G Prospect
Creamy Hills Gold Mine
Euabalong
Fence Line Prospect
Gilgunnia
MD2 Anomaly
Mount Allen
Mount Hope
Mundoe Prospect
Murrin Bridge
Tallebung
Theirman Tin Mine
Whytes Wolfram Mine

Latitude: 32°45'22"S
Longitude: 146°8'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.756111111111,146.14722222222

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteFeldsparKaoliniteMalachite
MarcasiteMatlockiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)24442,44628803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)614469966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)144122734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2144523092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS54423,4453,4466,4471,44879052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)314460544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2124444,4445,4449,4450,4452,4454,4456,4458,4459,4460,4466,44695509
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O314439214
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl1443971
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3144621935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)24439,4462716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4144525516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1114423843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)54442,4444,4452,4456,446327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2134474,4475,4476,4477,4478,4479,4480,4481,4482,4483,4484,4485,44865171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)64412,4423,4442,4456,4460,44634979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O14456925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S54412,4445,4460,4461,44695707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2244423,4428,4431,4436,4439,4442,4443,4444,4446,4448,4449,4450,4452,4453,4454,4455,4459,4461,4462,4464,4466,4467,4469,447127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O144563531
Copper  (*)CopperCu44452,4454,4460,44613846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS144124165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S314469802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O54423,4444,4452,4454,44602970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S24412,44691027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224438,44719895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS234408,4412,4422,4423,4428,4431,4436,4442,4443,4444,4446,4448,4449,4452,4453,4454,4460,4461,4464,4466,4467,4469,447124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)34412,4449,44647437
Gold  (*)CopperAu294409,4411,4412,4414,4415,4416,4417,4418,4419,4420,4421,4422,4423,4425,4426,4427,4428,4429,4431,4432,4433,4439,4446,4459,4461,4462,4464,4465,447330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O394412,4439,4441,4449,4457,4461,4462,4468,447014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O324464,44665433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1414423784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)434448,4463,44695591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O494417,4439,4441,4443,4449,4450,4457,4459,446014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2144423,4444,4445,4448,4449,4450,4452,4454,4456,4458,4459,4460,4466,446912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2144235674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114412,4423,4442,4443,4448,4453,4462,4464,4466,4468,446917380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)614463477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2424412,4414,4416,4417,4418,4419,4421,4422,4423,4425,4426,4428,4429,4430,4431,4436,4439,4441,4442,4443,4446,4448,4449,4450,4452,4453,4455,4456,4459,4460,4461,4462,4463,4464,4466,4467,4468,4469,4470,4471,4479,448739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8124423,4436,4442,4443,4452,4453,4455,4460,4461,4466,4468,44699056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2574409,4411,4414,4415,4416,4417,4418,4419,4420,4422,4423,4425,4426,4427,4428,4429,4430,4431,4432,4433,4439,4441,4442,4444,4445,4448,4449,4450,4451,4452,4453,4454,4455,4456,4459,4460,4461,4462,4463,4464,4465,4466,4468,4470,4471,4473,4475,4476,4477,4478,4479,4480,4481,4482,4485,4486,448761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)144536417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)144122473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS224408,4412,4423,4428,4431,4442,4443,4444,4446,4448,4450,4452,4453,4454,4460,4461,4462,4464,4466,4467,4469,447121482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)254423,4448,4449,4453,44593337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13144231803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO44444,4448,4454,44601101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1324412,44235317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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