Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 293819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Byng, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Carangera Mine

Latitude: 33°21'22"S
Longitude: 149°15'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.356111111111,149.25055555556

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	Copper	Covellite	Enargite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Wurtzite

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: As Au C Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Enargite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*
Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	4190	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	4190	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	4190	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	4190	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	4190	910
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	4190	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	4190	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	4190	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	4190	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	4190	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	4190	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	4190	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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