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Locality Name:
Wombat Hole Prospect (Wombat Hole Mine), Morass Creek Gorge, Benambra, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 197
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-197.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wombat Hole Prospect (Wombat Hole Mine), Morass Creek Gorge, Benambra, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°46'41"S
Longitude: 147°41'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.778055555556,147.69361111111
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Te V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Te V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAtelestiteBismutiteChalcopyriteCopperGarnetMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
ScheeliteTetradymiteVesuvianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Eulytine  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hechtsbergite  (*)
Hedleyite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mrázekite  (*)Namibite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pucherite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Schumacherite  (*)Sulphotsumoite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3072
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hechtsbergite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(VO4)(OH)06
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te30104
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mrázekite  (*)NoneBi2Cu3(PO4)2O2(OH)2·2H2O011
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)024
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)053
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4064
Schumacherite  (*)NoneBi3O(VO4)2(OH)012
Sulphotsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBi3Te2S013
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe0100
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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