Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Burraga, Georgiana Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 275871
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275871.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burraga, Georgiana Co., New South Wales, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Burraga Copper Mine (Spragues Mine; Lloyds Copper Mine; Excelsior Mine; Mount Burraga Mine; Thompsons Creek Mine)
Burraga South Workings
Hackneys Creek Gold Deposit (Hackneys Creek Prospect; Gum Flat Creek Prospect)
Heylens Gold Prospect
Lloyds Copper Mine (Thompson Creek Mine; Excelsior Mine; Burraga Copper Mine)
Lucky Draw Mine

Latitude: 33°56'41"S
Longitude: 149°32'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.944722222222,149.54777777778

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.

Allargentum	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Devilline
Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Alpersite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Boothite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Gold ()*
Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Langite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Maldonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Serpierite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Devilline
Feldspar Garnet Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	7200	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	7200	2353
Alpersite ()*	Melanterite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	7199	10
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	7195,7199	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	3	7195,7199,7200	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3	7195,7199,7200	1935
Boothite ()*	Melanterite	Cu(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	7199	18
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	7199	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	7195,7199	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	7195,7199	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	7200	1008
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	2	7195,7199	180
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	7195,7199	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	7200	178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	7195,7199,7200	30554
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	7200	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	7200	5433
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	7199	593
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	7195,7199	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	7195,7199	12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	7200	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	7195,7199	5674
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2	7195,7199	633
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	7195,7199,7200	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	7195,7199	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	7195,7199,7200	61156
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	7199	292
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	7195,7199	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	7200	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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