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Locality Name:
East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 430
Youngest recorded age at locality: 398

mindat Locality ID: 185728
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185728.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia": 57
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Benambra
Bendoc
Bonang
Buchan
Buchan South
Deddick Valley
Errinundra River
Gelantipy Road Cut
Marlo-Mallacoota District
Merrijig
Nowa Nowa
Nunniong
Omeo
Orbost
Sarsfield
Swifts Creek
W Tree

Latitude: 37°21'38"S
Longitude: 148°12'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.360555555556,148.21388888889
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 B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAlluauditeAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArrojadite
ArsenicArsenopyriteArthuriteAtelestiteAutuniteAxiniteBaryteBerthieriteBerylBismutite
BournoniteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumJahnsiteLazuliteMalachite
MicaMonaziteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOwyheeitePhosphosideritePyritePyroxene
QuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineTripliteVesuvianiteVivianiteWagneriteZinkeniteZircon

131 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Almandine  (*)Amblygonite  (*)
Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Bertossaite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Brushite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eulytine  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hechtsbergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Heterosite  (*)Huttonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Keckite  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Kryzhanovskite  (*)Lacroixite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)
Luinaite-(OH)  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Mrázekite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Namibite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Owyheeite  (*)
Philipsbornite  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Pucherite  (*)
Purpurite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Schumacherite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Sulphotsumoite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Whitmoreite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wolfeite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoubekite  (*)
Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S214064,141072793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)424416314093,14095,140978803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3424416414089,14093,14095,1409794
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3424416214089,141012353
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F424416114095244
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O4244161140961627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO24244161140902162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO54244161140961310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)4244161141062734
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2424416114097356
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1140803250
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2424416314089,14093,1409550
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4304161314058,14059,14093,14096,14097,14100,14101,14102,14103,14104,14105,14106,141079052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O64244161140962060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6214060,14079919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O424416214095,140971272
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)211406388
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21140625509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11407911547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4424416314101,14105,14106343
Bertossaite  (*)CarminiteLi2CaAl4(PO4)4(OH)4424416414089,14093,14095,140976
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6214064,14107413
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3114062214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi424416214068,140961966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)214062,14068716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41140625516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11424416114096843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS34244161140961089
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4424416414089,14093,14095,1409759
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O114073104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)314063,14073,1408027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2424416614089,14090,14093,14095,14097,141045171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1140794979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4163981140755707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O114071197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2430416914058,14059,14060,14062,14064,14065,14084,14096,1410627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl4244161141061382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1140623531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)84244161141031756
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6424416214093,14095518
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8424416114092181
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18424416214089,140921008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31140811797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4244161141034165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61140634135
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)424416214093,14095520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)214070,140818173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)311406272
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O114084107
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F424416414089,14093,14095,141082740
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12214064,14107663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS430416814058,14059,14060,14064,14079,14096,14106,1410724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1140847437
Gold  (*)CopperAu4304161414058,14060,14062,14063,14064,14089,14090,14096,14100,14101,14102,14103,14105,1410630554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6424416214097,14104173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31140621544
Hechtsbergite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(VO4)(OH)1140626
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3114062104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311408414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1140601689
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)424416414089,14093,14095,14097204
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)42441611410637
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31140815433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14424416314102,14105,14106784
Keckite  (*)JahnsiteCaMn(Fe3+,Mn)2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)3·7H2O42441611409710
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2424416114106230
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)342441611409534
Lacroixite  (*)TitaniteNaAl(PO4)F42441611409722
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2424416214089,14095232
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2424416114092210
Luinaite-(OH)  (*)Tourmaline(Na,   )(Fe2+,Mg)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)41140689
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4430430214058,1408414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211406212537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O424416314089,14101,14103443
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2424416314089,14103,14106300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4244161140954924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)424416614090,14093,14095,14096,14097,14106945
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)424416514089,14092,14093,14095,14097200
Mrázekite  (*)NoneBi2Cu3(PO4)2O2(OH)2·2H2O11406211
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2424398614075,14084,14093,14095,14097,1410317380
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)11406224
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1140871236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1140622994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)424416314084,14089,140952349
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2842441611410389
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)611406851
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O424416314089,14093,1409531
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O424416314089,14093,14095182
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F242441611409389
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)11406253
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)42441611409580
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3424416314064,14096,141071425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24303981514058,14059,14064,14075,14084,14096,14100,14101,14102,14103,14104,14105,14106,14107,1410839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl214060,140791725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24244161514064,14072,14084,14092,14093,14095,14096,14100,14101,14102,14103,14105,14106,14108,1411261156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5424416414089,14093,14095,14097206
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te411406264
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2424416514081,14095,14096,14097,141065614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)424416714081,14089,14093,14095,14096,14097,141062705
Schumacherite  (*)NoneBi3O(VO4)2(OH)11406212
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O424416314064,14097,141071153
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2424416314093,14095,1409760
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)424416414096,14104,14106,141106417
Silver  (*)CopperAg424416314064,14096,141075186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)214060,140792473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)34244161140891214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4304161114058,14059,14060,14064,14079,14096,14101,14103,14104,14106,1410721482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6424416114092688
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3424416414100,14101,14103,141063418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O424416314089,14093,14095263
Sulphotsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBi3Te2S11406213
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6424416114093211
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13430416914058,14059,14064,14096,14101,14102,14103,14105,141065317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2424416214081,140901476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O4244161141031059
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)424416114092313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F424416314089,14093,14095233
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe114062100
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4424416114096120
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2424416314096,14097,141062718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101140621395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O214109,14110636
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O424416414089,14093,14095,1409736
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3114062297
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)424416314089,14093,1409543
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41140621655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)424416414090,14096,14097,14106939
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42424416214101,14103228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)424416814070,14081,14093,14095,14096,14097,14104,141065251
Zoubekite  (*)NoneAgPb4Sb4S1011410710
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F42441611409547


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00044430430Silurian       S239475Currawong Deposit, Benambra Sulphide Deposits (Benambra Copper Mines), Benambra, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, AustraliaCurrawongMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00046430430Silurian       S239474Wilga Deposit, Benambra Sulphide Deposits (Benambra Copper Mines), Benambra, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, AustraliaWilgaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
PorphCu-00288416398Early Devonian?      Chalcocite, PyriteCu205845Dogwood Prospect, Buchan South, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, AustraliaDogwoodSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PRSV127_55-001424416420 ± 4Th/U/PbAge of pegmatitemonazite     269853Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, AustraliaKnocker pegmatiteEagle et al. (2015)10.1071/RS15018PRSV127_55age of Knocker pegmatite, aslo stated that the age is proxy for Mount Willis which is undated
Scott-PRSV127_55-0001424416420±4Th-U-Pbage of intrusionmonazite   Alluaudite, Amblygonite, Fluorapatite, Heterosite, Lazulite, Montebrasite, Purpurite, Triplite, Wolfeite, Zwieselite, ScorzaliteCa, Mn, P, O, F, Fe, Al, K, Na, H, Li269853Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, AustraliaKnocker PegmatiteEagle et al. (2015)10.1071/RS15018PRSV127_55P. 66

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