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Locality Name:
Cargo, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 447
Youngest recorded age at locality: 385

mindat Locality ID: 285824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cargo, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Cargo Consols Mine (Cargo Mine; The Cargo Consols Mine)
Dalcoath Mine (Mt. Derward Mine)
Essex Mine
Gum Flat Mines
Ironclad Mine (The Ironclad Lode; Finlaysons Mine)
Limestone Valley Prospect
London Reef
Long Gully Mine (Long Gully Prospect)
New Zealanders And Harrie Wood Alluvials
Proprietary Mine
School House Zone
Spur Prospect And Spur West Prospect
Sulphide Zone Prospect
The Commonwealth Gold Mine (Mobbs Shaft; Commonwealth Shaft; Mobbs-Commonwealth Mines)
The Golden Clad Mine (Rise And Shine Mine; Golden Clad Lode)
Thistle Lines Prospect

Latitude: 33°25'53"S
Longitude: 148°47'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.431388888889,148.79444444444

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigenite
EpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
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)2447385142185509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4447385142185516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1423127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S447385142185707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS244738544218,4219,4222,423127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O447385142183531
Copper  (*)CopperCu447385142183846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS447385142184165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O447385142182970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S447385142181027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)447385142188173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)447385142187437
Gold  (*)CopperAu44738564218,4220,4221,4222,4231,423230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34473851421814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4142315591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44473851421814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24473851421812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2447385142185800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24473851421817380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)44738514218186
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS244738564218,4219,4220,4222,4231,423239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO254219,4222,4223,4231,423261156



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-00640447385447–385      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, NeotociteCu227886Cargo Consols Mine (Cargo Mine; The Cargo Consols Mine), Cargo, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, AustraliaCargoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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