Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cessnock, Northumberland Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 281525
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281525.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cessnock, Northumberland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount View Prospect

Latitude: 32°51'5"S
Longitude: 151°14'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.851388888889,151.23638888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Spinel	Zircon

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Spinel Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	8925	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	8925	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	8925	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	8925	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	8925	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	8925	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	8925	39462
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	8925	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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