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


mindat Locality ID: 133604
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133604.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Durham Co., New South Wales, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Gresford
Hunter River
Hunter Valley
Moonan Brook
Muswellbrook
Ravensworth
Singleton
Stewart's Brook

Latitude: 32°17'30"S
Longitude: 151°14'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.291666666667,151.24944444444
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeFeldspar
KaoliniteMicaNoneOxalatePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStibniteTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Dawsonite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pigeonite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Whewellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)167528803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26756,67659052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)76749,6751,6752,6753,6761,6763,676527770
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18167601008
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1616756227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1616756599
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)21675890
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1675624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)167567437
Gold  (*)CopperAu36763,6764,676530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31675614640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6167562228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4167525591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)167531487
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21675617380
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O616760303
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)616756477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS236756,6763,676539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO256749,6752,6756,6763,676561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1675621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4167601934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS416756668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3167493418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13167565317
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O1675866


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