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Locality Name:
The Gulf, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 146502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "The Gulf, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Balmain Shaft (White Elephant And Balmain Line)
Blue Lode
Coghlans Lode
Companys Hill Line
Gulf Creek Alluvials
Higgins Mine
Kathida Tin Mine (Kathida Mine; Cathida Mine; Kath-Ida Mine)
Murphys Mine
Murrays Lode (Nuggety Reef; Nuggety Gully Lode; Nuggety Gulf Alluvials)
Red Lode
Rumsby's Shaft (Rumsbys Pipe; Rumsbys Mine)
Shepherdlys Fluorite Mine (Shepherdlys Fluorite Deposit; Gulf Fluorite Mine)
The Cliffs Prospect (The Cliffs; Beardy Cliffs)
Westminster Alluvials
Wilcox Line No. 1
Yankee Lodes

Latitude: 29°16'22"S
Longitude: 151°27'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.272777777778,151.45361111111
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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Sn Th Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerylChalcopyriteClayFluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTopazZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS37832,7838,78399052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1847827,7828,7836,78384286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi178281966
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2117828,7830,7831,7833,7834,7835,7837,7839,7840,7841,78425171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S178395707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS237827,7832,783827198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF267827,7828,7833,7836,7837,78389617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1783824243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21783812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS227841,78425800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227833,784217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21782739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2137827,7828,7829,7830,7832,7833,7834,7835,7836,7837,7838,7841,784261156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O178381153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1783821482
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)178331006
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2178331476
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)17842939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)27833,78425251


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