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Locality Name:
Cordillera Mine, Tuena, Georgiana Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 77
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-77.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cordillera Mine, Tuena, Georgiana Co., New South Wales, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
John Fardy Lode

Latitude: 34°5'"S
Longitude: 149°24'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.083333333333,149.40416666667
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: Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteMalachite
MarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRaspiteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Osarizawaite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Raspite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS172569052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S172565707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21725627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS172564165
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2067
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1725624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1725630554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6064
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21725639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)026
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1725621482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)0156
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13172561803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13172565317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070552Cordillera Mine, Tuena, Georgiana Co., New South Wales, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R070552

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