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Locality Name:
Fine Flower, Drake Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 223105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fine Flower, Drake Co., New South Wales, Australia": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 39
Child Localities:
Busy Bee Lode
Carnham Road Copper Deposit
Chromite A
Chromite B (Gordonbrook Chromite; Wave Hill)
Chromite C
Chromite E
Chromite F
Chromite J
Cuttaway Gap
Dog Trap Asbestos Prospect (Dog Trap Asbestos)
Dog Trap Creek Chromite
East Kerry Glen
Fine Flower Asbestos
Fine Flower Copper Mine
Fine Flower No.1
Fine Flower No.2
Fine Flower No.3
Fine Flower No.4
Fine Flower No.5
Fine Flower South
Fridays Find
Gem Mine
Gordonbrook South (Chromite D; Gordonbrook Chromite South)
Hasson Creek Deposit
Hunter & McClymont Mine (Hunter & McClymonts Chromite Deposit)
Lantana Downs
Lewingtons Chromite Prospect
Lyndhurst Bore
May Queen Copper Mine
Pluck Mine
Potato Copper Lode
Rhus Copper Mine
Rouxs Deposit
Serpentine Hill Asbestos Prospect
Serpentine Hill Chromite
Southern Magnetite Deposit
West Kerry Glen
West Potato Deposit
Wileys Lode (Dalconda)

Latitude: 29°21'47"S
Longitude: 152°38'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.363055555556,152.64027777778

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 As Au Be C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS165989052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)286573,6574,6586,6592,6594,6601,6603,66045509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18165944286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)86573,6574,6586,6598,6601,6602,6603,661027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126574,6584,6586,6587,6592,6594,6602,6603,6604,6608,6610,661127198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4146575,6576,6577,6578,6579,6580,6581,6583,6595,6597,6599,6600,6605,66073902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)436582,6585,6606951
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O26586,65942970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26573,66018173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1659824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu56593,6595,6596,6597,659830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O336587,6588,659814640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4156573,6574,6584,6587,6588,6589,6590,6591,6593,6596,6601,6603,6608,6609,661014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)296573,6574,6584,6586,6592,6594,6601,6603,660412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2165875800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21659817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2136574,6584,6586,6587,6592,6594,6598,6602,6603,6608,6609,6610,661139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2106573,6586,6592,6594,6596,6598,6602,6603,6609,661061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1659821482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO165861101



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