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Locality Name:
Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 446
Youngest recorded age at locality: 437

mindat Locality ID: 275340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275340.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Endeavour 22 (E22 Ore Body; Endeavour Prospect; Northparkes Mine; Goonumbla Mine; Endeavour Mine)
Endeavour 26 (E26 Ore Body)
Endeavour 27 (E27 Ore Body; Northparkes Mine; Goonumbla Mine; Endeavour Mine)
Endeavour 48 (E48 Ore Body; Northparkes Mine; Goonumbla Mine; Endeavour Mine)

Latitude: 32°55'17"S
Longitude: 148°2'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.921388888889,148.04611111111
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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Na Ni O P Pb S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFluoriteGypsum
KaoliniteLeucophosphiteMalachiteMeloniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosideritePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTurquoiseWardite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinoatacamite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyrilovite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sampleite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)44643728604,86051588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)344643718604544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)244643738603,8604,86055509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)44643738603,8604,860511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4446437186045516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6446437186041633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe244643718604361
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S44643728604,86055707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS244643728604,860527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O44643738603,8604,86053531
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)34464371860443
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O44643718604295
Copper  (*)CopperCu44643728604,86053846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS446437186044165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O44643728604,86052970
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O4464371860460
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S446437186041027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)446437186048173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2446437186049617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS44643728604,860524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)446437186047437
Gold  (*)CopperAu44643728604,860530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O44643728604,86056890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34464371860414640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH44643718604367
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6446437186042228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4446437186045591
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O44643718604110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)44643738603,8604,8605234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44464371860414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)244643738603,8604,860512537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)244643728604,860517380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS44643718604767
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O44643718604182
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)444643738603,8604,8605369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS244643728604,860539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO244643728604,860561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2446437186045614
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O4464371860440
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)446437186042473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS44643728604,860521482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13446437186041803
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O44643718604484


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00149446437446–437      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Epidote, Fluorite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, RutileCu57416Endeavour 26 (E26 Ore Body), Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, AustraliaEndeavourSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070018Endeavour 26 (E26 Ore Body), Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R070018

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