Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 444
Youngest recorded age at locality: 419

mindat Locality ID: 133698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murray Co., New South Wales, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bullongong
Nanima
Queanbeyan
Tarago

Latitude: 35°17'36"S
Longitude: 149°20'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.293333333333,149.34555555556

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Mg) ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Montanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	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 Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Devilline Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Stannite Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

43 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	8855	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	8855	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	444	419	4	8845,8848,8849,8857	9052
Axinite-(Mg) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mg₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	8855	12
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	430	430	1	8857	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	430	430	1	8857	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	430	430	1	8857	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	8852	716
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	430	430	1	8857	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	430	430	1	8857	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	444	419	2	8845,8857	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	430	430	1	8857	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	444	419	4	8845,8848,8849,8857	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	430	430	1	8857	1382
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	430	430	1	8857	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	430	430	1	8857	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	430	430	1	8857	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	444	419	4	8845,8848,8849,8857	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	430	430	1	8857	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	444	419	3	8848,8849,8857	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	430	430	1	8857	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	430	430	1	8857	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	430	430	1	8857	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	430	430	1	8857	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	430	430	1	8857	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	8855	425
Montanite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₆·nH₂O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)			2	8842,8852	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	444	419	2	8845,8857	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	430	430	1	8857	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	444	419	4	8845,8848,8849,8857	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	8850	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	444	419	2	8845,8857	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	444	419	2	8845,8857	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	430	430	1	8857	454
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	430	430	1	8857	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	430	430	1	8857	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	430	430	1	8857	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	444	419	3	8845,8849,8857	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	444	419	2	8845,8857	668
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	430	430	1	8857	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	444	419	1	8849	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			2	8842,8852	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	444	419	2	8845,8857	5317

2 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
	vms-00008	444	419	Silurian			high								9592	Captain's Flat Mines, Captain's Flat, Lake George, Bullongong, Murray Co., New South Wales, Australia	Captains Flat	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00017	430	430	Silurian										S	17692	Woodlawn Mine, Tarago, Murray Co., New South Wales, Australia	Woodlawn	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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