Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 309530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Killara Co., New South Wales, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cuttaburra Prospect

Latitude: 30°45'"S
Longitude: 144°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.75,144.25

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.

Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

16 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	1	8645	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	8645	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	8645	1008
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	8645	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	8645	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	8645	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	8645	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	8645	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	8645	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	8645	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	8645	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	8645	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	8645	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	8645	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	8645	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	8645	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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