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


mindat Locality ID: 146526
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146526.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Babinda Copper Mine (Babinda Mine; Donnybrook Lode; Try Again)
Babinda South Prospect
Bradburys Show (East Side Copper Mine)
Charlies Hope
Glengary Gossan
Kypros Snake Prospect
Lord Dudley Mine (Elaine Prospect)
Rainbow Ridge Prospect
Rankins Show (Hartwood Gap Diggings)
West Hudson Prospect

Latitude: 31°56'31"S
Longitude: 146°29'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.941944444444,146.49527777778
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMalachiteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2171135509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1712011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi171191966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3171191935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4171195516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27117,712027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S171195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS247113,7117,7119,712027198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O171192970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227120,71229895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS47113,7117,7119,712024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu37116,7119,712230554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6171202228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)247113,7117,7119,712112537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21712017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS257113,7117,7119,7120,712239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO227113,71213106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S827117,71209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO287113,7114,7116,7117,7118,7120,7121,712261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)171226417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS37117,7119,712021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13171201803


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