Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 299687
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299687.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wallace Co., New South Wales, Australia": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Berridale
Dalgety
Eucumbene
Jindabyne
Monaro Copper Mine
Paupong

Latitude: 36°23'23"S
Longitude: 148°47'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.389722222222,148.78722222222

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.

Allophane	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Cubanite	Epidote
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 Mo Ni O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Cubanite Epidote
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Wurtzite

26 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	3	9973,9983,9984	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	9970	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	9980	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	9982,9987	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	9984	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	9973,9980,9987	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	9970,9971,9972,9973,9974,9980,9982,9984,9987	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	9980	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	9970,9971,9980	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	9971,9973,9983,9987	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	9983	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	9980	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	9982	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	9983	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	9970,9972,9976,9978,9979,9985,9986	30554
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	9983	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	9970,9971,9972,9973,9980,9987	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	9983	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	9982	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	9974	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	9970,9971,9972,9973,9974,9980,9982,9983,9987	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	9983	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	9970,9971,9972,9973,9974,9976,9980,9982,9983,9984,9987	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	9973	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	9983	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	9987	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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