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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 452
Youngest recorded age at locality: 442

mindat Locality ID: 133674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cunningham Co., New South Wales, Australia": 68
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 64

Number of Child Localities: 34
Child Localities:
A. Bowketts Lode
Big Ben Mine
Blackfellows Dam Mine
Blind Calf Mine (Blind Calf Lode; Rosehill Mine)
Break O'Day Prospect
Condobolin
Crowie Creek Anomoly
Dry Blower
Dunbars Lode (Dunbars Shaft)
E. Bowketts Lode
Engine Lode (Mcphillamys Lode)
Fifield District
Glenkerry Wolfram
Hill Top Lode
Hillmans Tank (Cave Hill Mine; Wirrilah Prospect; Wirrala Prospect)
Hillmans Tank North
Honeysuckle Prospect
Ironclad Mine
Long Panel Mine
Melrose Copper And Silver Mine
Millers Lode
Mount Nobby
Mount Susannah Lode
Mount Tinda
Mount Tinda South East
Mysterious Mine (Seberrys Reef)
Nuttals Lode
Rosedale Prospect (Pisgah Prospect; QuarryHill South)
Trundle
Walkers Hill Copper Mine
Windlass Lode
Wirrilah Copper Mine (Wirrala Copper Mine)
Yellow Mountain Mines
Yellow Streak

Latitude: 32°36'55"S
Longitude: 146°52'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.615277777778,146.86888888889

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Curite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zoisite ()*

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			2	6256,6279	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	6279	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	6228	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			5	6222,6238,6262,6265,6282	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	452	442	13	6217,6218,6219,6237,6256,6257,6260,6263,6273,6279,6280,6281,6282	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	452	442	2	6249,6273	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	6260	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	452	442	4	6233,6237,6256,6273	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	6245,6277,6282	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			8	6218,6225,6227,6228,6245,6257,6274,6282	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			8	6219,6235,6237,6256,6258,6275,6278,6282	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	452	442	26	6218,6219,6220,6225,6226,6228,6233,6234,6235,6237,6239,6243,6245,6247,6251,6254,6256,6258,6260,6261,6262,6272,6273,6275,6277,6279	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	6218,6237	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	452	442	2	6260,6273	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	452	442	9	6233,6235,6237,6256,6260,6261,6273,6275,6282	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	452	442	7	6237,6257,6258,6272,6273,6280,6282	2970
Curite ()*	None	Pb_3+x[(UO₂)₄O_4+x(OH)_3-x]₂·2H₂O			1	6218	51
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	452	442	2	6260,6273	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	6279	4135
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	452	442	1	6273	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	452	442	4	6220,6245,6273,6279	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			6	6218,6220,6239,6264,6265,6282	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	452	442	16	6218,6222,6225,6227,6228,6239,6243,6245,6246,6254,6256,6257,6260,6261,6265,6273	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	6276	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	452	442	4	6244,6246,6273,6281	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	452	442	26	6222,6223,6224,6226,6227,6229,6230,6232,6238,6239,6240,6241,6242,6243,6244,6248,6252,6253,6266,6268,6271,6272,6273,6275,6278,6283	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	452	442	1	6273	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	452	442	10	6226,6244,6252,6255,6272,6273,6274,6275,6279,6281	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	6226,6249	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	452	442	1	6273	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			1	6235	451
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	6276	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	452	442	7	6220,6244,6255,6256,6260,6273,6276	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	452	442	23	6217,6218,6219,6220,6225,6234,6235,6237,6245,6255,6256,6257,6258,6270,6271,6272,6273,6277,6278,6279,6280,6281,6282	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	6233,6261,6282	5674
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	452	442	1	6273	155
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	6218	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			2	6218,6254	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	452	442	2	6250,6273	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	452	442	1	6269	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	452	442	1	6273	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	452	442	14	6218,6219,6222,6226,6234,6235,6247,6251,6258,6267,6273,6279,6280,6282	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	452	442	1	6273	471
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			1	6222	428
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			2	6241,6248	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	452	442	34	6218,6219,6225,6226,6233,6234,6235,6237,6238,6239,6242,6243,6244,6245,6247,6249,6251,6252,6253,6256,6258,6260,6261,6262,6264,6265,6268,6272,6273,6275,6277,6279,6280,6281	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	6218,6278	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			3	6225,6228,6282	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			7	6225,6233,6239,6252,6256,6260,6261	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	452	442	48	6216,6217,6218,6219,6220,6222,6223,6224,6225,6226,6227,6228,6229,6230,6231,6232,6233,6234,6235,6237,6238,6243,6247,6250,6251,6252,6253,6255,6256,6257,6258,6260,6261,6262,6263,6264,6265,6266,6267,6268,6271,6273,6275,6277,6279,6280,6281,6283	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	6222	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	6260	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	6228,6275	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	452	442	13	6218,6222,6228,6233,6239,6243,6245,6254,6256,6260,6261,6265,6273	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	452	442	1	6273	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	452	442	3	6273,6278,6282	5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	6279	1025

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
	PorphCu-00192	452	442	447±5									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	143892	Copper Hill Mine, Trundle, Cunningham Co., New South Wales, Australia	Copper Hill	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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