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Locality Name:
Benambra, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 215860
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215860.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benambra, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Benambra Sulphide Deposits (Benambra Copper Mines)
Limestone Creek
Morass Creek Gorge
Pyle's Limestone (Benambra Mine)
Silver King Mine (Forsyths Mine)
Stockman Mine (Benambra Sulphide Deposits; Benambra Copper Mine)
The Brothers

Latitude: 36°54'28"S
Longitude: 147°50'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.907777777778,147.8425

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Atelestite	Axinite	Bismutite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Copper	Garnet	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Azurite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Diopside ()*	Eulytine ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hechtsbergite ()*	Hedleyite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mrázekite ()*	Namibite ()*
Opal ()*	Pucherite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Schumacherite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphotsumoite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tsumoite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Atelestite Axinite Bismutite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Copper Garnet Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite

43 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	14064	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	430	430	2	14058,14059	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	14060	919
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	14063	88
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	14062	5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	14064	413
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃			1	14062	214
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	14062	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	14062	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	14063	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	430	430	6	14058,14059,14060,14062,14064,14065	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	14062	3531
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	14063	4135
Eulytine ()*	None	Bi₄(SiO₄)₃			1	14062	72
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	14064	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	430	430	4	14058,14059,14060,14064	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	430	430	5	14058,14060,14062,14063,14064	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	14062	1544
Hechtsbergite ()*	Atelestite	Bi₂O(VO₄)(OH)			1	14062	6
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃			1	14062	104
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	14060	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	430	430	1	14058	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	14062	12537
Mrázekite ()*	None	Bi₂Cu₃(PO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂·2H₂O			1	14062	11
Namibite ()*	None	Cu(BiO)₂(VO₄)(OH)			1	14062	24
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	14062	2994
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)			1	14062	53
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	14064	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	430	430	3	14058,14059,14064	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	14060	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	14064	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄			1	14062	64
Schumacherite ()*	None	Bi₃O(VO₄)₂(OH)			1	14062	12
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	14064	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	14064	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	14060	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	430	430	4	14058,14059,14060,14064	21482
Sulphotsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₃Te₂S			1	14062	13
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	430	430	3	14058,14059,14064	5317
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe			1	14062	100
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	14062	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	14062	297
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	14062	1655

2 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
	vms-00044	430	430	Silurian										S	239475	Currawong Deposit, Benambra Sulphide Deposits (Benambra Copper Mines), Benambra, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia	Currawong	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00046	430	430	Silurian										S	239474	Wilga Deposit, Benambra Sulphide Deposits (Benambra Copper Mines), Benambra, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia	Wilga	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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