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Locality Name:
Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 146472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Avoca Tank Prospect
Blakemore Pit
Day Brothers Shaft (Kurrajong Prospect)
Elletson And Party Prospecting Claim
Finn Shaft (Finn's Vein)
Girilambone Copper Mine (Murrawombie Open Pit; West Bogan Mine; West Bogan No.5 Block)
Great Western Mine
Hartman Shaft
Hunter Shaft
Larsen Shaft
Moondyke Copper Mine
North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect)
Riles Rise Prospect
The Comet

Latitude: 31°16'3"S
Longitude: 146°51'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.2675,146.85444444444

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc	Turquoise

Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sieleckiite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc Turquoise

32 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	541	495	2	5150,5151	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	510	510	1	5151	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	541	495	7	5148,5151,5152,5153,5154,5155,5157	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	510	510	1	5151	11547
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	510	510	1	5151	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	541	495	4	5148,5151,5154,5157	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	541	495	9	5146,5148,5149,5151,5153,5154,5155,5156,5157	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	510	510	1	5151	77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	541	495	2	5151,5155	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	510	510	1	5151	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	541	495	3	5151,5153,5157	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	541	495	2	5150,5151	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	510	510	1	5151	310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	510	510	1	5151	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	510	510	1	5151	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	495	2	5148,5151	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	541	495	2	5150,5151	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	541	495	4	5146,5150,5157,5159	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	541	495	1	5146	14640
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	510	510	1	5151	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	541	495	9	5146,5148,5149,5151,5153,5154,5155,5156,5157	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	510	510	2	5151,5157	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	495	3	5148,5149,5156	17380
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	510	510	1	5151	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	495	10	5146,5148,5149,5150,5151,5153,5154,5155,5156,5157	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	541	495	3	5148,5151,5157	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	495	9	5146,5148,5149,5150,5151,5152,5153,5156,5159	61156
Sieleckiite ()*	None	Cu₃Al₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	510	510	1	5151	3
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	495	3	5150,5151,5157	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	541	495	1	5156	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	541	495	2	5151,5157	1101
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	510	510	1	5151	484

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00021	510	510	Cambrian	S	16762	Girilambone Copper Mine (Murrawombie Open Pit; West Bogan Mine; West Bogan No.5 Block), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Girilambone	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00022	510	510	Cambrian	S	108065	Hartman Shaft, Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Hartman	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00015	510	510	Cambrian	S	98776	North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Northeast	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00016	510	510	Cambrian	S	98776	North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Tritton	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00025	541	495	Cambrian		98776	North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Larsen East	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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