Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gulf Creek, Upper Bingara, Murchison Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 297640
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297640.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gulf Creek, Upper Bingara, Murchison Co., New South Wales, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Emello Prospect
Four Mile Lode
Gulf Creek Copper Mine (Cornish Copper Mine)
Gulf Creek Limestone Mine
Gulf Creek Mine (Gulf Creek Copper Mine)
Murchison Copper Mine (Murchison Lode; Piedmont Mine; Cooks Mine)

Latitude: 30°11'12"S
Longitude: 150°40'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.186666666667,150.67388888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Malachite Marcasite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	8822	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	8822,8823	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	8820,8822	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	8820,8822,8823	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	8820	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	8820,8822,8823	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	8820,8822	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	8820,8822	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	8818	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	8820,8822	14640
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	8820,8822	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	8820,8822	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	8822,8823	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	8820,8822,8823	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	8822	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	8820,8822,8823	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	8820,8822,8823	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	8820,8822,8823	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	8820	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	8820,8822	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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