Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gaffney's Creek, Mansfield Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 289952
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289952.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaffney's Creek, Mansfield Shire, Victoria, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rose Of Denmark Mine

Latitude: 37°27'59"S
Longitude: 146°10'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.466388888889,146.17916666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corrensite	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

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 Ca Cu Fe H Li Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corrensite Feldspar None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rectorite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	14348	8803
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	14348	843
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	14348	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	14348	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	14348	30554
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	14348	210
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	14348	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	14348	61156
Rectorite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Na,Ca)Al₄(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	14348	49
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	14348	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	14348	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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