Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 146558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Young Co., New South Wales, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dolo Hills (Dolo Hill)
Wilandra Homestead
Wilcannia

Latitude: 31°33'41"S
Longitude: 142°59'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.561388888889,142.99833333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Garnet	Malachite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rutile	Spinel

Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diamond ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*
Tenorite ()*	Zincochromite ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe H O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Garnet Malachite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Rutile Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	10314	2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	10316	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	10316	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	10316	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	10316	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	10316	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	10314	697
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	10316	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	10319	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	10316	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	10314	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	10316	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	10316	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	10316	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	10314	5614
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	10316	1101
Zincochromite ()*	Spinel	ZnCr₂O₄	1	10314	11

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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