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Locality Name:
Cowper Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 293994
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293994.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cowper Co., New South Wales, Australia": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Bald Hills
Buckeroo Woolshed Ironstone
Byrock (Byerock)
Curraweena
Doradilla
Gongolgon Kaolin Prospect (White Tank Kaolin Deposit)
Green Prospect
ID4 Prospect
Keerugulla Lake
Knightvale Prospect
Lafoes Tank Prospect (Defoe's Tank; Defoe's Dam)
Lindsay Park Prospect
Mackay's Tank Prospect
Mt Dijoe Mine
Mulga Tank Prospect
T11 Prospect
T14a Prospect
T17 Prospect
T57 Prospect
Wilga Downs Prospect

Latitude: 30°32'25"S
Longitude: 146°18'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.540277777778,146.30666666667

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFluoriteGarnetIronKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tungsten  (*)
Varlamoffite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)226172,61763419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)326176,61791534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS76170,6172,6174,6175,6176,6178,61799052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2161745509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi46170,6174,6175,61761966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S336174,6175,61761935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426170,61795516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)76160,6170,6177,6179,6183,6196,619827770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl1617491
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO296170,6172,6175,6176,6177,6178,6179,6181,61875171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S26170,61745707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2146158,6167,6170,6172,6175,6176,6178,6179,6188,6193,6194,6195,6196,619827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu161743846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26170,61744165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O161742970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S161741027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O636170,6176,61794135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)246158,6159,6175,61779895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)46170,6175,6177,61988173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF266170,6175,6176,6177,6179,61809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS96158,6167,6175,6176,6179,6180,6195,6196,619824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)161657437
Gold  (*)CopperAu36159,6189,619230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O366158,6170,6172,6183,6184,618814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)426174,61825591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O456170,6175,6176,6179,619414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226172,617412537
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)56170,6172,6175,6177,617940
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS256158,6174,6175,6178,61965674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)256174,6179,6190,6196,619817380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2161762273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2161771898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2196158,6159,6165,6167,6168,6170,6172,6174,6175,6176,6178,6180,6181,6183,6188,6193,6195,6196,619839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl161811725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8126158,6167,6170,6172,6174,6175,6176,6178,6179,6193,6196,61989056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2236158,6159,6160,6161,6165,6167,6168,6170,6172,6175,6177,6179,6180,6181,6183,6188,6189,6193,6194,6195,6196,6197,619861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)36170,6177,61794894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O161741153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)161742473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS136158,6167,6170,6172,6174,6175,6176,6179,6180,6193,6195,6196,619821482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS426170,6179668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13161745317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O161794899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)236170,6172,61762562
Tungsten  (*)IronW1617923
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)21617956
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1036170,6176,61791395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO326176,61791247



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