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Locality Name:
Yooroonah, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 146482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yooroonah, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Clear Gully
Guy Fawkes Prospect
Jeogla Reef Prospect
Lauders Prospect
Oaky River
School Gully
School Gully Lode
Wades Tin Lodes
Yooroonah Molybdenite Prospect
Yooroonah Prospect

Latitude: 30°31'6"S
Longitude: 152°14'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.518333333333,152.24083333333
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStannite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35300,5303,53049052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO275297,5300,5301,5302,5303,5304,53065171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S25302,53055707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS265298,5302,5303,5304,5305,530627198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3153011797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS153024165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)153068173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35298,5305,530624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1530430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335299,5304,530614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41530614899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS255298,5299,5303,5304,53055800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)225304,530517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS245298,5304,5305,530639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8153069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO265298,5299,5302,5303,5304,530561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2153045614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)152994894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1530621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS415306668


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