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


mindat Locality ID: 133602
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133602.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia": 115
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 108

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Allans Clay Pit
Barraba
Brown And Kellys Rhodonite Deposit
Chinamans Hill
Crow Mountain
Den Manganese Mine
Giants Den Tin Mine
Great Serpentinite Belt
Manganese Mountain
Manilla
Manilla River Alluvial Gold Deposit
Manilla Scheelite Mine (Jerrys Creek Scheelite Deposit; Crow Mountain Scheelite Deposit)
Mount Lowry Rhodonite Deposit
Namoi Tops
Red Hill Clay Pit
Roseneath Rhodonite Deposit
Roseneath South Manganese Deposit
Split Rock Dam Quarry
Spring Valley Rhodonite Deposit
Tamworth
Teatree Creek Deep Lead
Teatree Creek Deep Lead 2
Warrabah Rhodonite Deposit
Watsons Creek Nature Reserve

Latitude: 30°36'22"S
Longitude: 150°51'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.606111111111,150.85027777778

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAphthitaliteArsenopyriteBaryteBrauniteBruciteCalciteCerchiaraite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCubaniteDigeniteEpidote
FeldsparGarnetHydrotalciteKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilariteMolybdenite
NeptuniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePectolitePerovskitePrehnitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRamsdelliteRhodoniteRutileScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TalcTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteWurtzite

81 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerchiaraite-(Mn)  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Coalingite  (*)Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Huntite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)
Iwateite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Maghemite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mangano-ferri-eckermannite  (*)Mangano-mangani-ungarettiite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namansilite  (*)Nambulite  (*)
Neotocite  (*)Neptunite  (*)Noelbensonite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Opal  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Serandite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sugilite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6164651022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)164078803
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)216407718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)416407708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS86361,6365,6366,6382,6394,6395,6397,64419052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)236377,6398,64055509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1646511547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O16443178
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3164411935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4163775516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)16465483
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)216407462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)216365,6366,6369,6374,6377,6379,6383,6390,6394,6395,6396,6397,6398,6405,6407,6416,6417,6426,6427,6430,643127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO236441,6457,64585171
Cerchiaraite-(Mn)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Mn3+4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]164652
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS256377,6398,6405,6437,644127198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O486360,6368,6373,6403,6404,6407,6433,64423902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O163983531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)446360,6407,6409,6410951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8164431756
Coalingite  (*)HydrotalciteMg10Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)24·2H2O26360,640727
Copper  (*)CopperCu163773846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1616443227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1616443599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S316377802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S163771027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6164074135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2164079895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O626407,6452944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26437,64448173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)164071188
Gold  (*)CopperAu466361,6363,6365,6366,6367,6370,6374,6376,6377,6379,6381,6382,6383,6385,6390,6391,6394,6395,6396,6397,6401,6402,6403,6408,6415,6416,6417,6418,6421,6422,6423,6424,6425,6426,6427,6430,6431,6432,6434,6435,6437,6438,6448,6453,6466,646730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3164071544
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O416465350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O356377,6398,6405,6407,644114640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1616443243
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)41640769
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O16407341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3164075433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS16442154
Iwateite  (*)AphthitaliteNa2BaMn(PO4)2164652
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)476362,6369,6371,6384,6386,6400,64595591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)16443581
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)416407359
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O416441229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)66399,6406,6407,6419,6429,64391487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O446377,6398,6405,640714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)246377,6392,6398,640512537
Mangano-ferri-eckermannite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mn2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2164654
Mangano-mangani-ungarettiite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mn2+2Mn3+3)Si8O22O2164653
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2163775674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2164415800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)256377,6407,6430,6437,644117380
Namansilite  (*)NoneNaMn3+Si2O6164658
Nambulite  (*)RhodoniteLiMn2+4Si5O14(OH)1646512
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)16465186
Neptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O241640749
Noelbensonite  (*)NoneBaMn3+2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O164656
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x16360121
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O164072994
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)246369,6417,6420,64261898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2276361,6363,6365,6366,6370,6374,6377,6379,6381,6382,6383,6390,6394,6395,6397,6398,6402,6405,6407,6422,6423,6426,6427,6431,6435,6437,644139462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O1640789
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO256369,6380,6411,6415,64203106
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO316443147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8163779056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2686361,6363,6365,6366,6367,6369,6370,6374,6375,6377,6379,6380,6381,6382,6383,6388,6390,6392,6393,6394,6395,6396,6397,6398,6402,6405,6407,6408,6411,6413,6415,6416,6417,6418,6420,6421,6422,6423,6424,6425,6426,6427,6430,6431,6432,6434,6435,6437,6438,6439,6440,6441,6443,6444,6447,6448,6449,6450,6454,6455,6457,6460,6461,6463,6465,6468,6471,647361156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)196411,6413,6436,6440,6443,6445,6447,6449,6450,6455,6460,6461,6463,6465,6468,6470,6471,6472,6473969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)164544894
Serandite  (*)PectoliteNaMn2+2Si3O8(OH)1646538
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs316441531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS36377,6398,640521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4164071934
Sugilite  (*)MilariteKNa2Fe3+2(Li3Si12)O301646515
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)226407,64523337
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)26443,6465240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13163775317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O163774899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O164411059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2164072562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10163601395



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-30Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australiahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-26-to-fkm-50/#FKM-30


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