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Locality Name:
Attunga Copper Mine (Northern Skarn), Attunga, Inglis Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 300228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Attunga Copper Mine (Northern Skarn), Attunga, Inglis Co., New South Wales, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
O Shaft
P Shaft

Latitude: 30°54'44"S
Longitude: 150°55'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.912222222222,150.93222222222
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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mo O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDigeniteEpidoteMalachite
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteScheelite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Molybdite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2184825509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4184825516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1848227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS228481,848227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS184822600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS184824165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS20246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)184828173
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)228481,848212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO30140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21848139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)184814894
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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