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


mindat Locality ID: 133489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buccleuch Co., New South Wales, Australia": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Adjungbilly
Argalong
Brungle
Coolac District
Darbalara
Talbingo
Tumut District
Wagragobilly
Wee Jasper
Yarrangobilly

Latitude: 35°13'8"S
Longitude: 148°23'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.218888888889,148.38888888889

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 C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteGarnetIlvaite
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelaneTetrahedrite
VesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Amesite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Babingtonite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Opal  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)41457274
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)324555,45751534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)145763250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS34543,4544,45679052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)264543,4544,4558,4562,4567,45725509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)14555161
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi145431966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3145441935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424558,45725516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)34555,4572,457727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S24556,45585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS294543,4544,4556,4558,4562,4566,4567,4572,457727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O494542,4546,4548,4549,4550,4552,4553,4561,45693902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8145481756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS64543,4544,4558,4562,4567,45724165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S324543,4562802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O145582970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S34544,4558,45671027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)24555,45728173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)214555129
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS74543,4544,4556,4558,4567,4572,457724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24558,45627437
Gold  (*)CopperAu54537,4538,4540,4566,456730554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O14543188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3145481544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O614555741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O324572,457514640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O14550341
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)24555,4570197
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)24562,4567451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O464543,4555,4556,4558,4562,457214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)284543,4544,4556,4558,4562,4567,4572,457712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2145675674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As814543161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS145581066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2145445800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21457217380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs14543633
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O145492994
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S834543,4558,45621512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS284543,4544,4556,4562,4566,4567,4572,457739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S834543,4562,45679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO294537,4538,4540,4555,4566,4567,4572,4575,457761156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O145441153
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S414558249
Silver  (*)CopperAg145725186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)145432473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS64543,4558,4562,4567,4572,457721482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4145621934
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O14555456
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO145581101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13145435317
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)314546212
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1024548,45551395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S414543380
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS314572297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3145551247



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