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Locality Name:
Gumble, Ashburnham Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 284373
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284373.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gumble, Ashburnham Co., New South Wales, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gumble Mine
Pine Hill Copper Lode
The Spit Mine

Latitude: 33°4'26"S
Longitude: 148°39'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.073888888889,148.65416666667

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: Au C Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutileSpinelTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gold  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)2141205509
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2141195171
Copper  (*)CopperCu141193846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O141202970
Gold  (*)CopperAu1411930554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O424119,412014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21412012537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21411961156
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO141191101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13141205317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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