Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Temora, Bland Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 242279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Temora, Bland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gidginbung Mine (Paragon Gold Mine; Temora Gold Mine)

Latitude: 34°19'32"S
Longitude: 147°27'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.325555555556,147.45777777778

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.

Acanthite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Kaolinite	Löllingite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Silver ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Diaspore Epidote Kaolinite Löllingite
Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	4406	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	4406	966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	4406	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	4406	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	4406	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	4406	481
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	4406	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	4406	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	4406	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	4406	762
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	4406	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	4406	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	4406	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	4406	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	4406	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	4406	5186
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	4406	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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