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Locality Name:
Paddys Plain, Fitzroy Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 146494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paddys Plain, Fitzroy Co., New South Wales, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fletchers Mine (Frypan Mine)
Graham And Navins Prospect
Paddys Plain Prospect
Wild Cattle Creek Antimony Deposit
Wild Cattle Creek East

Latitude: 30°13'42"S
Longitude: 152°42'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.228333333333,152.70944444444

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperMarcasiteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2170572162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS37054,7057,70589052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S437054,7057,7058343
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1705727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227056,705727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl170571382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS170572600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1705724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1705730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC170572812
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)17057469
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS217057230
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2170575674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21705717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227054,705739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8170569056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO247054,7055,7057,705861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)170574894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)170576417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1705721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S357054,7055,7056,7057,70583418



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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