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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 430
Youngest recorded age at locality: 430

mindat Locality ID: 133693
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133693.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "King Co., New South Wales, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Crookwell
Kangiara Copper Mine (Kangiara Mine)
Rye Park

Latitude: 34°29'23"S
Longitude: 149°0'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.489722222222,149.01638888889

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 Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenolampriteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCylindriteFeldsparIron
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StibniteTridymite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Franckeite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Teallite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)186481036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS186539052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6186482060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2430430186515509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3430430186511935
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)186534979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S43043028651,86535707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS243043038648,8651,865327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4186483902
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3186501797
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O186532970
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.91865352
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS43043028651,865324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4304301865130554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3186485433
Iron  (*)IronFe186481089
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24304301865112537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl186531107
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O618648303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS243043028649,865139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl430430186511725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO243043028651,865361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg430430186515186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS43043028651,865321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS418653668
Teallite  (*)ArsenolampritePbSnS21865333
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO218648458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS186481044



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00023430430Silurian       S28493Kangiara Copper Mine (Kangiara Mine), King Co., New South Wales, AustraliaKangiaraMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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