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

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

mindat Locality ID: 146474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146474.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hermidale, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bonnie Dundee Mine
Budgery Copper Mine
Budgery King Prospect (Yarraman Prospect)
Budgerygar Mine
Budgerygar North Mine (Block 2 Mine)
Great Hermidale East Mine
Great Hermidale Mine
Tritton Copper Mine

Latitude: 31°24'52"S
Longitude: 146°42'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.414444444444,146.71361111111

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	5168	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	5161	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	5162	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	5168	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	510	510	4	5161,5162,5164,5165	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	510	510	5	5161,5162,5164,5165,5168	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	541	495	2	5162,5165	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	510	510	2	5161,5164	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	541	495	3	5161,5162,5164	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	5168	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	5161,5168	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	541	495	4	5162,5165,5167,5168	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	5168	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	5162	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	541	495	1	5164	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	5168	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	541	495	3	5161,5162,5165	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	495	3	5164,5166,5167	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	510	510	7	5161,5162,5164,5165,5166,5167,5168	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	5163	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	495	6	5161,5162,5163,5165,5167,5168	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	5168	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	5168	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	5168	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	5161,5168	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	5167	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	5168	1803

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00016	510	510	Cambrian	Yes	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-00007	510	510	Cambrian		S	99752	Budgerygar Mine, Hermidale, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Budgerygar	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00020	541	495	Cambrian			99752	Budgerygar Mine, Hermidale, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Budgery	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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