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Locality Name:
Costerfield, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 16969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Costerfield, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Alison Reef
Augusta Mine
Bocks Reef
Bombay Reef
Browns Diggings (Felix Brown Mine)
Brunswick Mine
Costerfield Reef (Main Reef)
Margaret Reef
Robinsons Reef
Taits Reef

Latitude: 36°53'6"S
Longitude: 144°48'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.885,144.80166666667
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: As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe Mg O Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCubanite
NickelineNonePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Magnesite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb113836363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS213835,138369052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb211383573
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11383611547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31138361089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11383627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211383627198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3113836802
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1138362740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11383624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu913835,13836,13837,13838,13839,13841,13842,13843,1384430554
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2213835,1383639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81138369056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2313835,13840,1384161156
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O30179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11383621482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)113840446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3713835,13836,13838,13840,13841,13842,138443418


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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