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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 407.5

mindat Locality ID: 146464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bourke Co., New South Wales, Australia": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ardlethan
Coolamon Meteorite
West Wyalong

Latitude: 34°23'35"S
Longitude: 147°2'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.393055555556,147.04611111111

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Fluorite	Garnet
Iron	Matlockite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Koechlinite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Majorite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ringwoodite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*
Topaz ()*	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: Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Fluorite Garnet
Iron Matlockite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Topaz Tourmaline

27 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	4505	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	419.5	407.5	3	4502,4510,4524	9052
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	419.5	407.5	2	4506,4510	71
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	4506	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	419.5	407.5	4	4502,4505,4510,4524	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	419.5	407.5	1	4502	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	4522	3902
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	419.5	407.5	1	4502	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419.5	407.5	1	4502	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	4509,4517,4524	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	4505	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	4522	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	4522	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃			1	4522	191
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	419.5	407.5	1	4510	39
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			1	4522	451
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃			1	4522	24
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	419.5	407.5	1	4502	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	419.5	407.5	1	4502	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	419.5	407.5	5	4502,4505,4509,4510,4517	61156
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄			1	4522	25
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	4504,4505	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	419.5	407.5	1	4502	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	419.5	407.5	1	4502	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	4522	703
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	419.5	407.5	1	4510	1476
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	4522	1044

1 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
	Mo-00352	419.5	407.5		Rb-Sr, ?-?								Koechlinite	Mo	145360	Little Bygoo Group Mines, Ardlethan, Bourke Co., New South Wales, Australia		Ren et al. (1995)	10.2113/gsecongeo.90.6.1620	EG90_1620

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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