Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Selwyn Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 146531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Selwyn Co., New South Wales, Australia": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cabramurra
Jingellic
Khancoban
Talbingo Dam
Tumbarumba

Latitude: 35°53'54"S
Longitude: 148°9'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.898333333333,148.15

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond
Digenite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diamond ()*	Digenite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Be C Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond
Digenite Malachite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	9825,9826,9827,9828,9830,9831	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	9836	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	9832	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	9824	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	9825	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	9828	1382
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	9836,9838	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	9825	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	9836	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	9825	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	9824,9826,9828,9834	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14	9818,9819,9820,9821,9822,9826,9827,9830,9831,9832,9836,9837,9838,9839	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	9834	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	9826	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	9824,9825,9826,9827,9828,9830,9838	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	9824	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	9819,9824,9825,9826,9827,9828,9830,9832	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	9824,9826,9828	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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