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Locality Name:
Tilbuster, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 304848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tilbuster, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Duval Creek
Eureka Reef
Fittlers Hill
Kapunda Arsenic Deposit
Litttle Nell
Mary Anderson Mine
Mount Duval Gossan
Sandy Creek
The Great Britain Mine
Tilbuster Creek (Commissioners Waters)
Zulu Reef

Latitude: 30°26'39"S
Longitude: 151°40'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.444166666667,151.67222222222

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteKaoliniteMica
NonePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRutileStibniteTitanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)239746,9748,97513092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS49746,9748,9751,97539052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6197512060
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S429748,9751343
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O719746450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)29747,975127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2197435171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21975127198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)197471025
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)229747,97519895
Gold  (*)CopperAu89743,9745,9747,9748,9750,9751,9752,975330554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)449746,9748,9751,97535591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)259746,9747,9748,9751,975317380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2197512273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS259744,9746,9748,9751,975339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO269744,9746,9747,9748,9751,975361156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O197461153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)197466417
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3197533418
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O197474899



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