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Locality Name:
Gibraltar Range National Park, Clive Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 223205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gibraltar Range National Park, Clive Co., New South Wales, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Deannes Deposit
Deannes Prospect (Grassy Creek)
Gibraltar Deposit
Grassy Creek Deposit
Grassy Creek Mine
Louats Prospect
Mahonys Prospect
Pheasant Creek Alluvials
Ruby Creek Prospect
Ruby Gully Prospect
Shaft No.6

Latitude: 29°27'9"S
Longitude: 152°16'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.4525,152.28111111111

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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMicaNoneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS55518,5519,5520,5522,55269052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi155261966
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2115516,5517,5518,5519,5520,5521,5522,5523,5524,5525,55265171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225522,552627198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3155231797
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25524,552624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1552430554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3155255433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41552514899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)255516,5517,5519,5520,552417380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2115516,5517,5518,5519,5520,5521,5522,5523,5524,5525,552661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg155265186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25522,552621482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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