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Locality Name:
Peak Hill Pty Mine, Peak Hill, Narromine Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 143718
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143718.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peak Hill Pty Mine, Peak Hill, Narromine Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°43'22"S
Longitude: 148°11'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.722777777778,148.195
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: Al As Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEnargiteEpidoteKaoliniteMelanteriteMeloniteMicaNonePyritePyrophyllite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteTurquoiseWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe20361
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484


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