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


mindat Locality ID: 309797
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309797.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jindabyne, Wallace Co., New South Wales, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Jindabyne Copper Prospect
Kalkite Prospect
Mowamba Tin Mine (Channons Reward Mine)
Snowy River Alluvials
Thredbo Diggings

Latitude: 36°26'1"S
Longitude: 148°36'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.433611111111,148.60611111111

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 Mo Ni O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteCubaniteEpidoteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteWurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29983,99849052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1998227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2199845171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS229982,998427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS199834165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S319983802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)199828173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1998324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu29985,998630554
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)19983451
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2199835674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2199825800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229982,998339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8199839056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO239982,9983,998461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1998321482



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