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


mindat Locality ID: 293760
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293760.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cowra, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Binni Gap Mine
Holmwood Mine
Pope Of Rome Mine
The Mount Pyrite Prospect

Latitude: 33°51'14"S
Longitude: 148°44'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.853888888889,148.735

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 Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4142595516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21425927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu142593846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O142592970
Gold  (*)CopperAu24256,425930554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21425712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21425939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO224256,425961156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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