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Locality Name:
Little Broken Hill, Broken Hill District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1703
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1697

mindat Locality ID: 238721
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238721.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Broken Hill, Broken Hill District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Melbourne Rockwell Mine

Latitude: 32°5'"S
Longitude: 141°33'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.083333333333,141.55

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 C Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteClayCorundumGarnetMicaNoneRocksaltRutileSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Ecandrewsite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3170316971102042353
Ecandrewsite  (*)CorundumZnTiO3170316971102048
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O417031697110204445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1703169711020424243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3170316971102045433
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21703169711020417380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)617031697110204477
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2170316971102045614
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)170316971102042473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3170316971102041214



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
Kristen002299170316971700±3     Yes  186665Stirling Vale (Sterling Vale), Broken Hill District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, AustraliaStirling ValeO'Brien et al. (2015)10.2113/econgeo.110.4.1027EG110_1027 


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