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


mindat Locality ID: 308289
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308289.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eucumbene, Wallace Co., New South Wales, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bulls Peak River Workings
Crooks Racecourse Diggings
Kyloe Copper Mine

Latitude: 36°6'31"S
Longitude: 148°33'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.108611111111,148.56222222222

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 Au C Cu Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4199805516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S199805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21998027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O199803531
Copper  (*)CopperCu199803846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O199802970
Gold  (*)CopperAu29978,997930554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21998012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21998039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21998061156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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