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Locality Name:
Tottenham, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 146522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tottenham, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Ace Mine
Barbarella Prospect
Bogan River Mine
Caroline Mine (Carolina Mine)
Chris Watson Mine
Effies Ace Mine
Jimmy Woodser Mine
Laceys Tank Prospect
Larkings Prospect
Minemoorong Magnesite Deposit
Moodana South Prospect
Mount Royal Mine
Nelsons Mine
Orange Plains Mine
Underlay Mine

Latitude: 32°14'25"S
Longitude: 147°22'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.240277777778,147.36916666667
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 Au C Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteFeldspar
MalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTalc

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)186288803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)288617,8620,8622,8623,8625,8628,8629,86305509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS428618,86235516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S68617,8618,8620,8623,8630,86315707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128617,8618,8619,8620,8621,8623,8624,8627,8628,8629,8630,863127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O38618,8622,86293531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS48617,8620,8629,86314165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O38617,8619,86232970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S28617,86311027
Gold  (*)CopperAu1862830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31862414640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6186172228
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)186261487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O428617,861814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)288617,8620,8622,8623,8625,8628,8629,863012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21862817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128617,8618,8619,8620,8621,8622,8623,8627,8628,8629,8630,863139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S828618,86229056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2108617,8618,8619,8620,8621,8623,8624,8625,8627,862861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg28618,86285186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS48617,8619,8621,862821482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2186263337


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