Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kopyje, Flinders Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 146495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kopyje, Flinders Co., New South Wales, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Camp Hill Mine (Camp Hill Prospect)
Glens Hill Prospect (Restdown Copper Mine)
Kopyje Prospect
Nerang Prospect
North Glens Tank
Pipeline Ridge Prospect
West Kopyje Prospect

Latitude: 31°43'46"S
Longitude: 146°24'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.729444444444,146.41222222222

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jarosite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Au C Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	7161	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	7161,7163,7165	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	7160,7161,7163,7165	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	7163,7165	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	7165	2228
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	7166	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	7162	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	7165	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	7160,7161,7163,7165	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	7160,7163	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	7161	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	7160,7161,7162,7163,7165,7166	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	7165	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	7162	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	7161,7162,7165	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	7165	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	7165	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	7165	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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