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Locality Name:
Leadville, Bligh Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 323
Youngest recorded age at locality: 272

mindat Locality ID: 32230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32230.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Extended Mine
Grosvenor Mine
Latimer Mine
Mount Scott Mine
Mount Stewart Mine

Latitude: 32°1'21"S
Longitude: 149°32'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.0225,149.53722222222

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Bi C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnetKaolinite
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteWurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)232327203419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3323272144941534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)32327202734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS323272144949052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3232721449427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)323272144944979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S323272144945707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O32327214494197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23232721449427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl32327201382
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)832327201756
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O163232720227
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S53232720344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS323272144944165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S332327214494802
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43232720651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6323272144944135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)32327224493,44948173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF232327209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS32327224493,449424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)32327207437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3323272144941544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O632327214494741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33232721449414640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)432327205591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43232721449414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2323272144945674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2323272017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS232327224493,449439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl323272144941725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8323272144949056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23232721449461156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O103232720312
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)32327206417
Silver  (*)CopperAg323272144945186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)323272144942473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS32327224493,449421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13323272144945317



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00030323272Late Carboniferous–Early Permian        10729Mount Stewart Mine, Leadville, Bligh Co., New South Wales, AustraliaLeadvilleSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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