Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gordon Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 411
Youngest recorded age at locality: 370

mindat Locality ID: 248831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gordon Co., New South Wales, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dubbo
Toongi Deposit
Yeoval

Latitude: 32°29'32"S
Longitude: 148°37'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.492222222222,148.63138888889

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	Catapleiite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Digenite	Epidote	Eudialyte	Feldspar
Gaidonnayite	Malachite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Fayalite ()*	Gaidonnayite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Lueshite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Milarite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroniobite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	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 Be C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Catapleiite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Digenite Epidote Eudialyte Feldspar
Gaidonnayite Malachite Mica Milarite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel Titanite

29 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	7313	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	7313	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	411	370	2	7313,7315	8803
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	7313	295
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	411	370	1	7315	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	411	370	1	7315	5516
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O			1	7313	113
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	411	370	1	7315	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	411	370	1	7315	3846
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	411	370	1	7315	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	411	370	1	7315	8173
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂			1	7313	182
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	7313	371
Gaidonnayite ()*	Gaidonnayite	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O			1	7313	21
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	411	370	1	7315	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	411	370	1	7315	30554
Lueshite ()*	Perovskite	NaNbO₃			1	7313	16
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	411	370	1	7315	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	411	370	1	7315	12537
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O			1	7313	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	411	370	1	7315	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	411	370	1	7315	17380
Natroniobite ()*	Perovskite	NaNbO₃			1	7313	5
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	411	370	1	7315	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	411	370	1	7315	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	7313	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	411	370	1	7315	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	411	370	1	7315	5186
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	411	370	1	7315	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
	PorphCu-00672	411	370	411–370									Albite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Digenite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Silver	Cu	228106	Lady Lizzie Prospect, Yeoval, Gordon Co., New South Wales, Australia	Yeoval	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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