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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 133597
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133597.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Canbelego
Coolabah
East Mount Boppy Mine (Hogan's Lode; Ensor's Mine)
Girilambone
Hermidale
Hermitage Plains Meteorite
Miandetta
Yimkin

Latitude: 31°24'36"S
Longitude: 146°31'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.41,146.52694444444

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Iron Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Turquoise

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sieleckiite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*	Troilite ()*	Turquoise ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	5168	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	5173	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	541	495	4	5140,5150,5151,5161	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	510	510	1	5151	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	541	495	8	5148,5151,5152,5153,5154,5155,5157,5162	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	510	510	1	5151	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	5168	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	5133,5136	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	510	510	1	5151	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	541	495	8	5148,5151,5154,5157,5161,5162,5164,5165	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	541	495	16	5140,5146,5148,5149,5151,5153,5154,5155,5156,5157,5161,5162,5164,5165,5168,5174	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	510	510	1	5151	77
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	5169,5173	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	541	495	2	5151,5155	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	5173	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	510	510	1	5151	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	541	495	6	5151,5153,5157,5162,5165,5169	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	541	495	4	5150,5151,5161,5164	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	510	510	1	5151	310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	541	495	4	5151,5161,5162,5164	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	510	510	1	5151	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	5168	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	495	6	5139,5140,5148,5151,5161,5168	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	541	495	3	5140,5150,5151	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	541	495	15	5135,5136,5139,5141,5143,5144,5146,5150,5157,5159,5162,5165,5167,5168,5178	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	541	495	4	5136,5146,5168,5172	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	5169	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	5169	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃			1	5169	191
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	5162	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	541	495	2	5137,5164	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	510	510	1	5151	234
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			1	5169	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	5172	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	5138,5168	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	541	495	12	5146,5148,5149,5151,5153,5154,5155,5156,5157,5161,5162,5165	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	510	510	2	5151,5157	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	495	6	5148,5149,5156,5164,5166,5167	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	5172	2994
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	5140	477
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	510	510	1	5151	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	495	24	5134,5135,5136,5140,5141,5146,5148,5149,5150,5151,5153,5154,5155,5156,5157,5161,5162,5164,5165,5166,5167,5168,5174,5179	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	5141	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			2	5163,5179	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	541	495	6	5135,5136,5140,5148,5151,5157	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	495	29	5133,5134,5135,5136,5139,5140,5141,5143,5144,5146,5148,5149,5150,5151,5152,5153,5156,5159,5161,5162,5163,5165,5167,5168,5172,5175,5177,5178,5179	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	5168	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	5168	6417
Sieleckiite ()*	None	Cu₃Al₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	510	510	1	5151	3
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	5168	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	495	7	5140,5150,5151,5157,5161,5168,5177	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	5173	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	5169	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	541	495	2	5156,5167	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	5168	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	541	495	2	5151,5157	1101
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	5169	1044
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	510	510	1	5151	484

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00021	510	510	Cambrian	S	16762	Girilambone Copper Mine (Murrawombie Open Pit; West Bogan Mine; West Bogan No.5 Block), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Girilambone	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00022	510	510	Cambrian	S	108065	Hartman Shaft, Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Hartman	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00015	510	510	Cambrian	S	98776	North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Northeast	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00016	510	510	Cambrian	S	98776	North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Tritton	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00025	541	495	Cambrian		98776	North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Larsen East	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00007	510	510	Cambrian	S	99752	Budgerygar Mine, Hermidale, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Budgerygar	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00020	541	495	Cambrian		99752	Budgerygar Mine, Hermidale, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Budgery	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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