Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Narooma, Dampier Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 309895
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309895.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Narooma, Dampier Co., New South Wales, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Belle Of Australia Reef (Golden Ridge Mine)
Easdowns Mine (Mcdonalds; Narooma Chief)
Kianga Creek Alluvial Workings
Lady Carrington Reef
Punkally Creek Alluvial Workings
Rats Head Creek Alluvial Deposit
The Ratshead Mine
Wagona Turquoise Deposit

Latitude: 36°12'9"S
Longitude: 150°5'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.2025,150.08944444444

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	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Turquoise

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 O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Turquoise

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Turquoise ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	6306	9052
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	6306	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	6300,6301,6302,6303,6304,6305,6306	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	6300,6303,6306	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	6300,6301,6303,6306	61156
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	6307	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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