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Locality Name:
Copper Hill Mine, Trundle, Cunningham Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 452
Youngest recorded age at locality: 442

mindat Locality ID: 143892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Hill Mine, Trundle, Cunningham Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°58'1"S
Longitude: 147°45'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.966944444444,147.75861111111
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargite
EpidoteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)245244205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)452442011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS445244205516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2452442027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu45244203846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS45244204165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O45244202970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S45244201027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS44524420910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)45244208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS452442024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)45244207437
Gold  (*)CopperAu452442030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O45244206890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3452442014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)445244205591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4452442014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2452442012537
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe24524420155
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS245244205800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O45244201508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2452442017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O4524420471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2452442039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2452442061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS452442021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO45244201101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1345244205317


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
PorphCu-00192452442447±5      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, TenoriteCu143892Copper Hill Mine, Trundle, Cunningham Co., New South Wales, AustraliaCopper HillSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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