Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Nambucca Heads, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 146571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nambucca Heads, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Greisen Dyke
Mount England Feldspar Prospect
Mount England Molybdenite Prospect
Mount England South (The Mary Anne; Buchanans Prospect)
Nambucca Heads Quarry
Nambucca Sand Deposit
Stuarts Reef
Sullivans Prospect (Welshes Reef)
Usshers Reef
Youngs Ridge
Youngs Ridge Arsenic Prospect (Youngs Shaft)

Latitude: 30°37'13"S
Longitude: 152°57'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.620277777778,152.95472222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	9039,9042	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	9033,9035,9040,9041,9042	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	9041	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	9039,9042	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	9038	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	9032,9033,9034	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	9032	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	9032,9033,9034,9039,9040,9041	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	9041	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	9032,9033,9034,9035,9036,9038,9039,9040	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	9041	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	9035,9042	1153

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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