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Locality Name:
Cotter River, Brindabella Range, Australian Capital Territory, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 22613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cotter River, Brindabella Range, Australian Capital Territory, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Congwarra Copper Lode (Cowley Copper Mine)
Paddy's River Cu Mine

Latitude: 35°19'53"S
Longitude: 148°56'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.331388888889,148.94027777778

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantite
CalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteLeucophosphiteLinarite
MalachiteMicaNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteSulphurTalc

75 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Alunite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Berlinite  (*)Bianchite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)
Francoanellite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gonyerite  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Huntite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Inesite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Langite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)
Niter  (*)Nitrocalcite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Sauconite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Todorokite  (*)Zincsilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S139422793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2139423419
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)613943966
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3139421534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)139422734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)139433250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS23941,39429052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)613942919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2139415509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1394211547
Berlinite  (*)QuartzAl(PO4)1394328
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O1394240
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6139421633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1394227770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)613942359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)139424979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS223941,394227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)813942577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl139421382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O139423531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8139421756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)139421025
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O13942382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS139424165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)613943310
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S139421027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6139424135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2139429895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)139428173
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)21394286
Francoanellite  (*)NoneK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·12H2O139438
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS23941,394224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)139427437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1394130554
Gonyerite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Fe3+(Si3Fe3+O10)(OH)81394211
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O13942188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3139421544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O23942,39436890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O613942741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31394214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O139421689
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)41394369
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O13943341
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61394265
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6139421066
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O1394250
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6139422228
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)213942234
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O13942593
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O13943110
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)223941,3942987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41394214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)223941,394212537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21394217380
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O1394380
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)13943181
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O1394346
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O13942471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O139422994
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O13942265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS223941,394239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2139423106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl139421725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223941,394261156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O13942293
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1394256
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O139421153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)139426417
Silver  (*)CopperAg23941,39425186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)139422473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS23941,394221482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS139422045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2139423337
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O13942433
Zincsilite  (*)Smectite-vermiculiteZn3Si4O10(OH)2·4H2O (?)23942,39434



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