Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Walcha, Vernon Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 255472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Walcha, Vernon Co., New South Wales, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bergen-of-Zoom Creek
Europambela (Little Wonder Copper Mine)
Quartzite Quarry
Tufreys Clay Deposit
Walcha Common Mine
Walcha Complex
Walcha Kaolin Deposit

Latitude: 30°57'37"S
Longitude: 151°37'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.960277777778,151.61666666667

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	Copper	Coronadite	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

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 Mg Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Diaspore Malachite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	1	9961	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	9957	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	9957	27198
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	9960	599
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	9957	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	9956	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	9957	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	9957	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	9957	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	9957,9960,9961	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	9957	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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