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

mindat Locality ID: 133697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133697.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murchison Co., New South Wales, Australia": 76
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 68

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bingara
Brooklyn Fireclay Deposit
Caroda
Cobbadah
Copeton Dam District
Delungra
Doolans Diatomite Mine (Kyooma West Diatomite Deposit)
Doonba Copper Deposit
Doonba Dunite Deposit (Mineral Claim 156)
Kyooma East Diatomite Deposit
O'Neills Fireclay
Upper Bingara
Waterfords Tin Mine

Latitude: 30°6'27"S
Longitude: 150°38'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.1075,150.64472222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diamond ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	8822	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	8764,8765,8768	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	10	8775,8783,8822,8823,8824,8826,8828,8831,8835,8836	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	8820,8822,8826,8828	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	14	8766,8770,8775,8780,8786,8795,8808,8820,8822,8823,8826,8827,8831,8835	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	8797,8801,8838	5171
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	8795	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	8820	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	8765,8775,8820,8822,8823,8826,8828,8835,8836	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	8778,8783,8804	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	8785	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	8801	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	8772	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	8826,8828	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	15	8763,8767,8769,8771,8772,8773,8774,8776,8777,8781,8782,8784,8787,8788,8797	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	8763	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	8829	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	8768	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	8804	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	8820,8822,8826,8828	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	8791,8820,8822,8826	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	38	8764,8765,8766,8767,8769,8770,8771,8773,8774,8775,8776,8777,8778,8780,8781,8782,8783,8784,8786,8787,8788,8800,8803,8808,8809,8810,8811,8812,8813,8814,8815,8816,8818,8825,8827,8832,8833,8837	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	8763	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	8791,8795,8820,8822,8828	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	8789,8793,8806	5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	8804	359
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	8820,8822	229
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	8829,8834	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	8791,8804,8820,8822,8828	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12	8775,8783,8803,8822,8823,8824,8825,8826,8828,8831,8835,8836	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	8820,8822,8823	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	8763	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	8768,8801,8822	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	8765,8786,8808,8815,8816,8820,8822,8823,8826,8828,8831,8835,8836	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	8830	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	8778	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	24	8764,8765,8766,8768,8770,8779,8780,8786,8795,8801,8808,8810,8815,8816,8820,8822,8823,8826,8828,8829,8831,8835,8836,8838	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	8779	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	8770,8801	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	8820,8822,8823,8826,8828	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	8772	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	8764,8780,8795	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	8820,8826	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	8820,8822,8826,8828	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	8763	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	8768,8772	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	8771,8772,8784	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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