Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wellingrove, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 223082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wellingrove, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Isolation Prospect
Sides Sapphire Mine
Walkers Sapphire Mine
Wellingrove Central
Wellingrove Creek
Wellingrove Fossicking Area
Wellingrove Limonite
White Billy Sapphire Deposit

Latitude: 29°36'32"S
Longitude: 151°32'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.608888888889,151.54694444444

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Zircon

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 C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Galena ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	8133	9052
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	8133	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	8133,8136	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5	8134,8135,8137,8138,8140	1797
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	8133,8136	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	8133	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	8133,8136	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	8133,8134,8136	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	8136	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	8133,8136	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	8135,8137	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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