Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 291786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orange, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Crows Nest Mine
Diamond Hill Mine
Mount Bulga Mine
Mount Bulga South Mine
Surprise Mine
Wellwood Mine

Latitude: 33°19'29"S
Longitude: 149°11'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.324722222222,149.19694444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag As Au C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Malachite Marcasite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	4335	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	4334,4335,4336,4337	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	4335	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	4335	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	4335	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	4337,4338	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	4335	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	4334,4335,4337,4338	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	4337	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	4337	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	4334	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	4335	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	4334,4337,4338	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	4335	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	4334,4335,4336,4337,4338	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	4335	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	4337	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	4334	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	4335	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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