Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gibsons Open Cut (Gibsons Mine), Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 269814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gibsons Open Cut (Gibsons Mine), Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°44'55"S
Longitude: 152°2'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.748611111111,152.035

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Malachite
Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Poitevinite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite Malachite
Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	132
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	477
Poitevinite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·H₂O	13
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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