Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cangai, Gresham Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 48944
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48944.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Beagleys Prospect
Campbells Prospect
Cangai Copper Mine
Sir Walter Scott Reef
Smelter Creek Prospect

Latitude: 29°31'34"S
Longitude: 152°29'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.526111111111,152.48833333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stibnite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stibnite

25 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	5	8179,8180,8181,8182,8183	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	8181	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	8179	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	8181,8182,8183	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	8181	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	8181,8183	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	8181,8182,8183	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	8182	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	8181	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	8181	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	8179,8182	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	8181	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	8179,8180,8181,8182,8183	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	8181	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	8181,8182	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	8181,8182,8183	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	8182	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	8181,8182,8183	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	8181,8182,8183	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	8181,8183	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	8179,8180,8181,8182,8183	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	8182	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	8179,8182	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	8179,8181,8182,8183	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	8179,8182	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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