Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 133601
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133601.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cumberland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Long Reef Aquatic Reserve
Narellan Meteorite
Oatley Park
Otford
Pennant Hills Quarry (Dundas Quarry; Sir Thomas Mitchell Reserve)
Picton
Prospect (Prospect Hill)
Sydney

Latitude: 33°57'3"S
Longitude: 150°59'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.950833333333,150.985

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore
Feldspar	Halotrichite	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Isocubanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore
Feldspar Halotrichite Iron Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	6208,6209	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	6205	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	6209	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	6205,6209	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	6202,6205,6209,6214	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	6205,6206,6209,6210	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	6201	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	6200,6201	3846
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	6200,6202	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	6209	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	6202	2812
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	6209	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	6200	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	6200,6201,6209	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	6201	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	6201	191
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	6205	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	6209	1271
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	6209	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	6200,6202,6205	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	6200	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	6209	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	6209	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	6202,6205	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	6209	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	6209	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	6205,6209	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	6209	363
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	6209	265
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	6208,6209,6210	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	6205,6208,6209,6210	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	6200,6202,6204,6205,6209	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	6200,6202	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	6209	6417
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	6201	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	6201	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	6200,6202	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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