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Locality Name:
Carcoar, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 156194
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156194.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Carcoar Iron Mine (Coombing Park Iron Mine)
Carcoar Mine (Carcoar Cobalt Mine; Wilsons Mine; Wilsons Quarry)
Coombing Copper Mine
Infirtaris Mine (McKenzies Prospect; Willow Park; McKenzies Grid)
Stokes Hill (Stoke Hill; Stokehill Prospect)
Summers Copper Mine (Bald Hill Mine)
Three Mile Diggings

Latitude: 33°36'53"S
Longitude: 149°6'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.614722222222,149.11138888889

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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBastnäsiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltite
CopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFluoriteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelTitaniteVivianite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O14211445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS142119052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O142111272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224211,42155509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1421111547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F14211304
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S142115707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS244211,4212,4213,421427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24211,42123531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS14211966
Copper  (*)CopperCu142113846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS142114165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24211,42122970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)142118173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O14211814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1421124243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS14211131
Gold  (*)CopperAu24211,421630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O334210,4211,421214640
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs214211762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O434210,4211,421214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)234211,4212,421512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2142115674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2142115800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO314211140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21421117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O142112994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS244211,4212,4213,421439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2142103106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8142119056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO224211,421261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2142115614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O142111153
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO142111101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O142114899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O142111059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2142112718



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