Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 146537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146537.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ashes Prospect
Cobweb Mine (Cobweb Diggings)
Coradgery Mine
Emu Reef Mine
Great Britain Mine
Spider Mine
Stockmans Mine

Latitude: 32°54'5"S
Longitude: 148°12'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.901388888889,148.21277777778

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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	8554	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	8554	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	8554	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	8554	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	8554	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	8555,8556,8557,8558,8559,8560	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	8554,8556	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	8554,8556,8557,8560	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	8560	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	8554,8556,8557,8558,8560	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	8556	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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