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Locality Name:
Rivertree, Wilsons Downfall, Buller Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 267130
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-267130.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rivertree, Wilsons Downfall, Buller Co., New South Wales, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hirsch & Patterson Lode
United Mine
Wongabah Mine

Latitude: 28°38'19"S
Longitude: 152°16'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.638611111111,152.27055555556

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 O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMicaNoneOwyheeite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kermesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS25066,50679052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1506727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21506727198
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S815067126
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)150678173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1506724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1506730554
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS215067230
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21506717380
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S281506789
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS325066,5067733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3150671425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21506739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225066,506761156
Silver  (*)CopperAg150675186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)150672473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1506721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3150673418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13150675317



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