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Locality Name:
Morass Creek Gorge, Benambra, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 282771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morass Creek Gorge, Benambra, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wombat Hole Prospect (Wombat Hole Mine)

Latitude: 36°46'40"S
Longitude: 147°41'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.777777777778,147.69361111111
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Te V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAtelestiteBismutiteChalcopyriteCopperGarnetMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
ScheeliteTetradymiteVesuvianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Eulytine  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hechtsbergite  (*)
Hedleyite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mrázekite  (*)Namibite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pucherite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Schumacherite  (*)Sulphotsumoite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21140625509
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3114062214
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)114062716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41140625516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211406227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1140623531
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)311406272
Gold  (*)CopperAu11406230554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31140621544
Hechtsbergite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(VO4)(OH)1140626
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3114062104
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211406212537
Mrázekite  (*)NoneBi2Cu3(PO4)2O2(OH)2·2H2O11406211
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)11406224
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1140622994
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)11406253
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te411406264
Schumacherite  (*)NoneBi3O(VO4)2(OH)11406212
Sulphotsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBi3Te2S11406213
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe114062100
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101140621395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3114062297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41140621655


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