Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cadia, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 440
Youngest recorded age at locality: 440

mindat Locality ID: 227885
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227885.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cadia, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Big Cadia (Iron Duke Mine: New Cadia Mine; Iron Duke Copper Mine)
Cadia Extended (Cadia Quarry)
Cadia Far East
Cadia Valley Operations (Cadia-Ridgeway Cu-Au Deposit)
Chilcott Mine (Chilcott Copper Mine; Chilcott's Copper Mine)
Little Cadia Mine (Cadia Extended Mine; Canobolas Copper Gully Mine)
Sulphide Lode (Sulphide Lode Alteration System)
Tinnocks Prospect (Tinnocks Workings)
West Cadia Mine
White Engine Mine (Cadia Mine; Old Cadia Mine)

Latitude: 33°27'3"S
Longitude: 148°59'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.450833333333,148.9975

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Spinel Titanite

24 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	440	440	3	4195,4196,4198	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	440	440	3	4195,4196,4198	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	440	440	4	4195,4196,4198,4199	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	440	440	1	4196	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	440	440	1	4195	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	440	440	8	4192,4195,4196,4198,4199,4200,4203,4204	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	440	440	2	4192,4198	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	440	440	2	4195,4196	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	440	440	1	4195	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	440	440	2	4195,4196	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	440	440	2	4195,4196	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	4192	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	440	440	6	4192,4195,4196,4197,4198,4200	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	440	440	5	4192,4195,4196,4200,4201	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	440	440	1	4195	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	440	440	5	4192,4195,4196,4198,4200	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	440	440	4	4192,4195,4196,4203	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	440	440	3	4195,4196,4201	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	440	440	2	4196,4198	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	440	440	1	4195	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	440	440	9	4192,4195,4196,4198,4199,4200,4201,4203,4204	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	440	440	7	4196,4198,4199,4200,4201,4203,4204	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	440	440	2	4192,4198	5186
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	440	440	1	4195	4899

1 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
	AJES44_373-00005	440	440	~440										Au	203398	Cadia Hill Mine (Cadia East Open Cut Mine), Cadia Valley Operations (Cadia-Ridgeway Cu-Au Deposit), Cadia, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia	Cadia Hill	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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