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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 323
Youngest recorded age at locality: 272

mindat Locality ID: 133672
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133672.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bligh Co., New South Wales, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Leadville
Tallawang Magnetite Deposit
Tallawang South Prospect
Tallawang Southern Orebody

Latitude: 32°11'20"S
Longitude: 149°28'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.188888888889,149.47055555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Garnet
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	323	272	3	4489,4495,4496	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	323	272	3	4494,4495,4496	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	323	272	1	4489	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	323	272	2	4489,4494	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	323	272	4	4489,4494,4495,4496	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	323	272	2	4489,4494	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	323	272	1	4494	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	323	272	1	4494	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	323	272	1	4494	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	323	272	1	4489	1382
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	323	272	1	4489	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	4495	1008
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	323	272	1	4489	227
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	323	272	1	4489	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	323	272	1	4494	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	323	272	2	4489,4494	802
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	323	272	1	4489	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	323	272	1	4494	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	323	272	4	4493,4494,4495,4496	8173
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	4495	54
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	323	272	1	4489	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	323	272	2	4493,4494	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	4495	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	323	272	1	4489	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	323	272	3	4494,4495,4496	1544
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	4496	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	323	272	3	4494,4495,4496	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	323	272	2	4489,4494	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	323	272	1	4489	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	323	272	3	4494,4495,4496	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	323	272	2	4489,4494	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	323	272	1	4489	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	323	272	4	4493,4494,4495,4496	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	323	272	1	4494	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	323	272	1	4494	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	323	272	3	4494,4495,4496	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	323	272	1	4489	312
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	323	272	1	4489	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	323	272	1	4494	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	323	272	1	4494	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	323	272	2	4493,4494	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	323	272	1	4494	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00030	323	272	Late Carboniferous–Early Permian											10729	Mount Stewart Mine, Leadville, Bligh Co., New South Wales, Australia	Leadville	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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