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


mindat Locality ID: 306254
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-306254.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dudley Co., New South Wales, Australia": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Beckes Prospect
Bolts Reef (Eastern Extension)
Cavanaghs Claim
De La Forces Claim
Decline Adit (Incline Adit)
Erics Reef
Hayshed Prospect
Ivy Creek Prospect (Ivy Ridge)
Junction Adit (Thomas Claim)
Kempsey Dolomite Prospect
Lady Mary Prospect
Mount Jacob Gold Prospect
Munga Creek Antimony Mine (Herrensmidt & Wards Claim; Corangula Antimony Mine)
Neill & Taylors Prospect
Richcard & Others
Rowes Prospect
Star Of Hope
The Young Australian (William Carrolls Claim)
Top Bald Knob
Victoria Adit (Q47 Shaft; Bolts Reef)
Walfords Claim (Woolfords Claim)
Willi Willi Caves Guano Deposit
Willi Willi Copper And Silver Mine (Willi Willi Prospect)

Latitude: 30°56'13"S
Longitude: 152°35'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.936944444444,152.59833333333

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 As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDigeniteGarnetMalachite
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibnite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3167461534
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb16736363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS36731,6735,67469052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2167465509
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S416736343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426736,67465516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26729,673627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2167465171
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4146724,6725,6726,6727,6728,6729,6734,6736,6738,6739,6740,6741,6743,6744352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S167465707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226735,674627198
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)1673731
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS167464165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O167462970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S167461027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2167369895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1674624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu26735,673630554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O616746741
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te16746804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41673514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21674612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS226735,67425800
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS16746767
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2156724,6725,6726,6727,6728,6729,6732,6734,6737,6738,6739,6740,6741,6743,67441898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS236735,6736,674639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S836735,6736,67469056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2186724,6725,6726,6727,6728,6729,6731,6732,6734,6736,6737,6738,6739,6740,6741,6742,6743,674461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)167314894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O167351153
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs316746531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1674621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS416746668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)16737446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3146724,6725,6726,6727,6728,6729,6732,6734,6736,6737,6740,6741,6743,67443418
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS316746297



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