Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 146607
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146607.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argyle Co., New South Wales, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bungonia
Bungonia Deposit
Marulan

Latitude: 34°51'59"S
Longitude: 149°58'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.866388888889,149.97333333333

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.

Clay	Fleischerite	Kaolinite	Monazite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Tourmaline

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 B Ba Ca Ce Co H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Fleischerite Kaolinite Monazite None Quartz Rutile Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Birnessite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Despujolsite ()*	Dravite ()*	Heterogenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Todorokite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	4064	178
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	4066	5171
Despujolsite ()*	Fleischerite	Ca₃Mn⁴⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	4064	10
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	4063	648
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	1	4064	111
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	4064	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	4064	210
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	4064	945
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	4063,4064,4066	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	4064	5614
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	4064	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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