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Locality Name:
Cargo Consols Mine (Cargo Mine; The Cargo Consols Mine), Cargo, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 447
Youngest recorded age at locality: 385

mindat Locality ID: 227886
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227886.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cargo Consols Mine (Cargo Mine; The Cargo Consols Mine), Cargo, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°25'45"S
Longitude: 148°48'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.429166666667,148.8

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidote
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)244738505509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS444738505516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S44738505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2447385027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O44738503531
Copper  (*)CopperCu44738503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS44738504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O44738502970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S44738501027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)44738508173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)44738507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu447385030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3447385014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4447385014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2447385012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS244738505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2447385017380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)4473850186
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2447385039462



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00640447385447–385      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, NeotociteCu227886Cargo Consols Mine (Cargo Mine; The Cargo Consols Mine), Cargo, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, AustraliaCargoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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