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Locality Name:
Rockvale, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 203481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rockvale, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Camperdown Road Prospect
Car Vein
Centre Reef
Dozer Lode
Dyke Shear Prospect
Fence Lode
Girrakool Prospect
Kingeltys Prospect
New Vein
Rockvale Arsenic Mine
Rockvale North Prospect (Silver Mac Reef)
Ruby Silver Mine
Small Dam Lode
Tulloch Extended Mine
Tulloch Silver Mine

Latitude: 30°21'24"S
Longitude: 151°57'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.356666666667,151.96

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteKaoliniteKobellite
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStannite
StibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteValleriite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)225275,52763092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS75265,5271,5273,5274,5275,5276,52799052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35275,5276,527927770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O435267,5271,5272352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235274,5276,527927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl152761382
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)152761025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25276,52794165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35274,5276,527924243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S415279192
Gold  (*)CopperAu1527930554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1415276784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4152795591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2152795674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS225274,5279300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)255269,5274,5275,5276,527917380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]15279716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS325269,5276733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS345269,5274,5276,52791425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS295268,5270,5271,5272,5273,5274,5275,5276,527939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S825274,52799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2135265,5266,5267,5268,5269,5270,5271,5272,5273,5274,5275,5276,527961156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O152741153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)152766417
Silver  (*)CopperAg25276,52795186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35274,5276,527921482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS425274,5279668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS425276,5279586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S395266,5267,5268,5269,5270,5271,5272,5273,52753418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335274,5276,52795317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O25274,52764899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]15279237



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