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Locality Name:
Wisemans Creek, Westmoreland Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 292667
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292667.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wisemans Creek, Westmoreland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bells Mine (Royal Copper Mine)
Blackmans Mine (Blackfellows Mine; Breakfast Creek Mine; Breakfast Reef)
Copperhill Mines (Forans Mine; Little Wisemans Creek Mine)
Hansard Mine
Jason Mine
Jocelyn Mine
Jocelyns Reef
Little Wisemans Creek Mine
Mabel Mine
Mulhalls Mine (Larrys Flat Mine; Carrys Flat Workings)
Murphys Mine
North Wiseman's Mine (Eyrie South)
Phoenix Mine (Larrys Hill Mine; Hopeful Mine)
South Wisemans Mine

Latitude: 33°38'30"S
Longitude: 149°44'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.641666666667,149.74083333333
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 As Au C Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteMalachiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS410088,10094,10095,100969052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2510084,10085,10094,10095,100965509
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1100945707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2710083,10084,10085,10088,10094,10095,1009627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1100943531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1100944165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS510083,10088,10094,10095,1009624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1010083,10084,10086,10089,10090,10091,10092,10093,10095,1009630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311008414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411008414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2510084,10085,10094,10095,1009612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211009517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2610084,10088,10091,10094,10095,1009639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21100903106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21110084,10085,10086,10088,10089,10090,10091,10092,10093,10095,1009661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS610083,10084,10088,10094,10095,1009621482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21100963337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13310094,10095,100965317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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