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

mindat Locality ID: 146461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ashburnham Co., New South Wales, Australia": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Amaroo
Borenore
Bowan Park
Burdett
Canowindra
Cudal
Gumble
Molong
Murga
Orange District
Red Hill Area
Upper Gumble

Latitude: 33°16'4"S
Longitude: 148°44'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.267777777778,148.74055555556

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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Iron	Malachite	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Libethenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrataenite ()*
Troilite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Iron Malachite Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	4100,4101,4120,4132,4133	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	4107,4123	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	4119	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	4133	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	4123,4132	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	4126	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	4135	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	7	4101,4119,4123,4125,4126,4133,4135	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	5	4101,4120,4123,4125,4135	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	4127	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	4109,4123,4127,4132	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	4106,4107,4109,4111,4112,4113,4114,4115,4116,4119,4123,4132,4133	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	4125,4133	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	4126	1089
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	4135	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	4119,4120	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	8	4100,4101,4120,4123,4125,4132,4133,4135	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	4123	5800
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	4123	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	4135	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	4107,4109,4113,4115,4123,4132,4133	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	4107,4133	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	4107,4109,4111,4113,4114,4115,4116,4119,4123,4125,4127,4132,4133	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	4126	374
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	4133	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	4123,4132	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	4126	703
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	4119	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	4120	5317
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	4126	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	4126	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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