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Locality Name:
Bingara, Murchison Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 71
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-71.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bingara, Murchison Co., New South Wales, Australia": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Adams And Cranes Mine
All Nations Gold Mine (New Bingara Gold Mine)
Beards Reef
Big Hill Deposit
Corry And Party Mine
Craddocks Claim
Doctors Reef (Oyster Prospect)
Eaglehawk Claim
Eaglehawk Creek
Elliots Prospect
Four Mile Creek
Hilda May Copper Lode
Hunts Deposit
Ladys Gully (Ladies Gully)
Lost Chance Prospect
McCarthys Manganese Mine
McManus Antimony Mine
Monte Christo Mine
Narrabbri Road Alluvials
O'Neills Copper Mine
Palmers Deposit
Spring Creek Cinnabar Mine (Marsden & Party Mine)
Star Of Bingara Mine (Star Reef; Old Star Reef; King Gold Mine)
Surface Hill
Wilkinson And Legge Mine

Latitude: 29°51'32"S
Longitude: 150°32'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.858888888889,150.53361111111

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O S Sb Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Mg Mo O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiamondFluoriteGarnetMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteSpinel
StibniteTitaniteTopazZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Corundum  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Silver  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS38764,8765,87689052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)228775,87835509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)58766,8770,8775,8780,878627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS228765,877527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O428778,87833902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS187852600
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3187721797
Diamond  (*)DiamondC138767,8769,8771,8772,8773,8774,8776,8777,8781,8782,8784,8787,8788697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2187689617
Gold  (*)CopperAu218764,8765,8766,8767,8769,8770,8771,8773,8774,8775,8776,8777,8778,8780,8781,8782,8783,8784,8786,8787,878830554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)228775,878312537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21876817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS228765,878639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8187789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO288764,8765,8766,8768,8770,8779,8780,878661156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)18779969
Silver  (*)CopperAg187705186
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4187721934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S328764,87803418
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F228768,87721476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)38771,8772,87845251



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