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Locality Name:
Elsmore Tin Mine (Elsmore Tin Lodes), Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35.3

mindat Locality ID: 7080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elsmore Tin Mine (Elsmore Tin Lodes), Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°48'38"S
Longitude: 151°17'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.810555555556,151.28666666667

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Betpakdalite	Bismutite	Brochantite	Carminite
Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Covellite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Matlockite	Molybdenite	Monazite	None
Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Stibnite	Tetradymite

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th U W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Betpakdalite Bismutite Brochantite Carminite
Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Covellite Kaolinite Kobellite Matlockite Molybdenite Monazite None
Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrochlore Quartz Rutile Scheelite Stibnite Tetradymite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Beryl ()*	Betpakdalite-CaCa ()*
Betpakdalite-CaMg ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bismutoferrite ()*	Bismutostibiconite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Cannonite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corkite ()*
Covellite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Ikunolite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Koechlinite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Philipsbornite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Powellite ()*
Preisingerite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rooseveltite ()*	Russellite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Segnitite ()*	Sillénite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Thorasphite ()*	Waylandite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zavaritskite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	38.7	35.3	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	38.7	35.3	9052
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	38.7	35.3	150
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	38.7	35.3	4286
Betpakdalite-CaCa ()*	Betpakdalite	[Ca₂(H₂O)₁₇Ca(H₂O)₆][Mo⁶⁺₈As⁵⁺₂Fe³⁺₃O₃₆(OH)]	38.7	35.3	15
Betpakdalite-CaMg ()*	Betpakdalite	[Ca₂(H₂O)₁₇Mg(H₂O)₆][Mo⁶⁺₈As⁵⁺₂Fe³⁺₃O₃₆(OH)]	38.7	35.3	3
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	413
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	38.7	35.3	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	38.7	35.3	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	38.7	35.3	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	38.7	35.3	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	38.7	35.3	716
Bismutoferrite ()*	Kaolinite	Fe³⁺₂Bi(SiO₄)₂(OH)	38.7	35.3	51
Bismutostibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Bi,Fe³⁺, )₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	38.7	35.3	7
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	1633
Cannonite ()*	None	Bi₂O(SO₄)(OH)₂	38.7	35.3	26
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	38.7	35.3	178
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	38.7	35.3	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38.7	35.3	27198
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	38.7	35.3	4165
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	38.7	35.3	551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	38.7	35.3	345
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	38.7	35.3	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	38.7	35.3	30554
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	38.7	35.3	57
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	38.7	35.3	54
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	2228
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	38.7	35.3	39
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	38.7	35.3	182
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	38.7	35.3	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	38.7	35.3	5800
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	51
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	170
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	38.7	35.3	494
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	38.7	35.3	53
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38.7	35.3	61156
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)	38.7	35.3	38
Russellite ()*	None	Bi₂WO₆	38.7	35.3	40
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	38.7	35.3	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	134
Sillénite ()*	None	Bi₁₂SiO₂₀	38.7	35.3	26
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	38.7	35.3	156
Thorasphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Th₂H(AsO₄)₂(PO₄)·6H₂O	38.7	35.3	1
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	31
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	38.7	35.3	1655
Zavaritskite ()*	Matlockite	BiOF	38.7	35.3	26

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00090	38.7	35.3		FT								Betpakdalite-CaCa, Koechlinite	Mo	7080	Elsmore Tin Mine (Elsmore Tin Lodes), Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia		Hollis and Sutherland (1985)		RAM36_299

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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