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Locality Name:
Tenterfield District, Buller Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 266485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tenterfield District, Buller Co., New South Wales, Australia": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 48
Child Localities:
Alderman & Malcolms Lode
All Nations Mine
Annie Reef (Annie Mine; Isobel Mine; Vickerys Reef; Claverie & Nelmes Mine)
Basket Swamp North Prospect 1
Basket Swamp North Prospect 2
Bill Wins Reef
Bob Hope Creek Alluvials
Brisbane East Lode
Brisbane Lode
Camp Gully Reef
Campbell & Co Lode
Carbine Reef
Clarks Reef
Claverie & Glasgows Reef
Clearys Lode
Demonstration Reef
Demonstration Reef South
Dismal Swamp Creek
Dismal Swamp Reef (Dismal Swamp Lode)
Divided Prospect
Eldershaw & Co Reef
Golden Crown Lode(Golden Crown Mine; Benjamins Reef)
Homeward Bound Lode (Tucker Gully Lode)
Homeward Bound Reef
Hoskins Prospect
Inkermans Lode (Upper Dismal Swamp Lode)
Kings Humpy Alluvials
Kings Lode
Lady Mary Mine (Lady Mary Lode)
Little McIntyre Lode
Little Specimen Lode
Lorne Hope Lode
McIntyre Lode (McIntyre Reef)
Miller Reef
Reineckes Prospect
Resurrection Creek
Resurrection Reef
Robertson Lode
Ropers Gully Alluvials
Ropers Gully Lode
Silver Shaft
Smith's Prospect
Specimen Gully Hill Lode
Specimen Gully Reef (Specimen Gully Lode; Buck Reef)
Star Of Hope Lode (Browns Reef)
Surprise Prospect
Tucker Gully East Reef
Two Mile Creek Reef

Latitude: 28°53'30"S
Longitude: 152°7'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.891666666667,152.12861111111

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteClayCopperCorundumKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNonePolybasite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24831,48579052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1484227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2148465171
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS84831,4840,4852,4854,4857,4872,4873,487624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu274829,4830,4831,4835,4837,4838,4839,4840,4842,4843,4846,4847,4849,4850,4851,4853,4857,4860,4861,4864,4865,4867,4868,4872,4873,4875,487630554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3148465433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4148605591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2148505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2214830,4831,4836,4837,4839,4840,4844,4847,4848,4850,4852,4857,4859,4861,4863,4865,4868,4871,4872,4873,487617380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]14831716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2194830,4831,4836,4837,4840,4843,4844,4850,4851,4852,4854,4857,4861,4862,4868,4871,4872,4873,487639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2394830,4831,4836,4837,4838,4839,4840,4841,4842,4843,4844,4845,4846,4847,4848,4849,4850,4851,4852,4853,4854,4855,4857,4858,4859,4860,4861,4862,4863,4865,4867,4868,4870,4871,4872,4873,4874,4875,487661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg34831,4840,48465186



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