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Locality Name:
Lionsville, Drake Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 133675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lionsville, Drake Co., New South Wales, Australia": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Armstrongs Reef
Bancrofts Prospect
Bryces Antimony Mine
Cedar Creek Gold Mine
Cedar Creek North
Cedar Creek South
Desert Creek
Dingle Creek Alluvials
Farbutts Reef
Fell And Campbells
Field Of Mars Reef
Frenchmans Creek
Garibaldi Mine (Reform Co Mine; Garibaldi Calcite Mine; No 1 North Garibaldi; No.4 North Garibaldi)
Garibaldi Northeast
Garibaldi West (Western Workings Garibaldi Reef)
Golden Bar
Guiding Star
Iron King
Kellys Deposit
Lion Reef
Lion Reef West
Lionsville Iron Deposit
Lionsville Prospect
Main Creek Alluvials
Malara Scrub Diggings (Old Scrub; Malera Scrub; Malara Top)
Marcolinis Claim
Mount Arthur Mine (Lady Mary Reef)
Redbank Creek Deposit
Shellmaleer Reef (Shellmalia Reef: Shellamelia Reef: Shellamalea Reef)
Taminis Deposit North
Taminis Gold Mine
Taylors Lode
The Burnt Down (Maurices Antimony Mine)
Tumbung Deposit
Wallaces Reef
White Beech Prospect
Winters Reef

Latitude: 29°12'31"S
Longitude: 152°28'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.208611111111,152.46833333333

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: Ag As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSpinelStibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2166703419
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb26651,6678363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS36651,6652,66799052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)66661,6662,6663,6664,6668,667727770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O416681352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226655,668227198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS166672600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26652,668224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu316649,6650,6651,6652,6653,6654,6656,6657,6658,6659,6661,6662,6663,6664,6665,6666,6668,6669,6672,6673,6674,6675,6676,6677,6678,6679,6680,6682,6683,6684,668530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31667014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41667014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126651,6652,6658,6661,6662,6664,6665,6668,6673,6677,6679,668239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2316649,6650,6651,6652,6653,6654,6657,6658,6659,6661,6662,6663,6664,6665,6666,6668,6669,6670,6671,6672,6673,6674,6676,6677,6678,6679,6681,6682,6683,6684,668561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)166796417
Silver  (*)CopperAg166615186
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S326661,66813418



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