Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bobadah, Flinders Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 296578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296578.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beenleigh Chert Zone
Deeves Shaft
Overflow Mine (Bobadah Mine)
South Bobadah Prospect

Latitude: 32°20'4"S
Longitude: 146°42'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.334444444444,146.70833333333

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 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	7127	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	7127	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	7127	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	7127	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	7127	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	7127,7128	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	7127	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	7126,7127	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	7127	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	7125,7126,7127,7128	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	7127	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	7125,7126,7127,7128	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	7127	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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