Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Whipstick, Auckland Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 196128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whipstick, Auckland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Mount Metallic Mine
Pheasants Nest Mine
Turbets Mine
Whipstick Mine (Jingera Mineral Co. Mine)
Wyndham No. 2 Mine

Latitude: 36°57'18"S
Longitude: 149°42'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.955,149.71111111111

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Skutterudite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Bi Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O P S Si Te U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Molybdenite
None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Skutterudite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	383	359	2	4161,4162	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	383	359	1	4162	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	383	359	2	4161,4162	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	383	359	1	4162	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	383	359	1	4162	27198
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	383	359	1	4162	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	383	359	1	4162	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	383	359	1	4162	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	383	359	1	4162	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	383	359	2	4161,4162	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	383	359	4	4159,4160,4161,4162	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	383	359	1	4162	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	359	1	4162	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	359	2	4161,4162	61156
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	383	359	1	4162	531
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	383	359	2	4161,4162	1214
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	383	359	1	4162	510
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	383	359	1	4160	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	383	359	1	4162	2718

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Emily000537	383	359	late Ordovician to late Middle Devonian	stratigraphy										26277	Whipstick Mine (Jingera Mineral Co. Mine), Whipstick, Auckland Co., New South Wales, Australia	Whipstick Deposit	Rose G (1971)		GSNSW43_1	Molybdenum bismuth ore bodies that bear uranium are hosted in Bega Granite which intrudes into Ordovician sediments, devonian sediments are later in age than the Bega Granite

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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