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


mindat Locality ID: 146563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Narromine Co., New South Wales, Australia": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Narromine
Peak Hill
Tomingley

Latitude: 32°32'43"S
Longitude: 148°16'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.545277777778,148.27

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMalachiteMelanterite
MeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTurquoiseWurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Turquoise  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)28896,89158803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)628896,8904966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5188961310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2188963092
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61889858
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS189159052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2188985509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)38900,8904,890511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4188965516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe228896,8904361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1891327770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O18904925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S28898,89045707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS248894,8895,8897,890427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS189044165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O188982970
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)18896481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S189041027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS418904910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)189048173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS38894,8897,890424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)189047437
Gold  (*)CopperAu188897,8898,8899,8900,8901,8902,8903,8904,8905,8906,8907,8908,8909,8911,8912,8913,8914,891530554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S131889672
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O328895,890414640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6189042228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)428896,89045591
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O418895229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41889514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)228897,889812537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O18904915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)238896,8904,891517380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218896247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2148894,8895,8897,8899,8900,8901,8902,8904,8905,8907,8908,8909,8913,891539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2188983106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)218904771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S828895,88979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2178894,8898,8899,8900,8901,8902,8904,8905,8906,8907,8908,8909,8911,8912,8913,8914,891561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)188954894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS28897,890421482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1368899,8900,8901,8904,8905,89091803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13188985317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O18904484
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O18896652



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