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Locality Name:
Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 80
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-80.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Braemar Sapphire Deposit
Champion Hill
Elsmore Lead (Elsmore North Lead; Penberthys Lead)
Elsmore Tin Mine (Elsmore Tin Lodes)
Glassy Bar
Merewethers Silver Prospect
Newstead Lode (White Elephant Lode)
Northern Lead (New Years Gift)

Latitude: 29°48'39"S
Longitude: 151°17'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.810833333333,151.28861111111

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	Calcite
Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Kaolinite	Kobellite
Malachite	Matlockite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Zircon

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Betpakdalite Bismutite Brochantite Calcite
Carminite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Kaolinite Kobellite
Malachite Matlockite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Zircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Beryl ()*	Betpakdalite-CaCa ()*
Betpakdalite-CaMg ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bismutoferrite ()*	Bismutostibiconite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cannonite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Corkite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diamond ()*	Ferberite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Ikunolite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Koechlinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Philipsbornite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Powellite ()*	Preisingerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rooseveltite ()*	Russellite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Segnitite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillénite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stolzite ()*	Thorasphite ()*	Waylandite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zavaritskite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	38.7	35.3	1	7418	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	38.7	35.3	1	7418	9052
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	38.7	35.3	1	7418	150
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	38.7	35.3	1	7418	4286
Betpakdalite-CaCa ()*	Betpakdalite	[Ca₂(H₂O)₁₇Ca(H₂O)₆][Mo⁶⁺₈As⁵⁺₂Fe³⁺₃O₃₆(OH)]	38.7	35.3	1	7418	15
Betpakdalite-CaMg ()*	Betpakdalite	[Ca₂(H₂O)₁₇Mg(H₂O)₆][Mo⁶⁺₈As⁵⁺₂Fe³⁺₃O₃₆(OH)]	38.7	35.3	1	7418	3
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	1	7418	413
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	38.7	35.3	1	7418	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	38.7	35.3	1	7418	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	38.7	35.3	1	7418	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	38.7	35.3	1	7418	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	38.7	35.3	1	7418	716
Bismutoferrite ()*	Kaolinite	Fe³⁺₂Bi(SiO₄)₂(OH)	38.7	35.3	1	7418	51
Bismutostibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Bi,Fe³⁺, )₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	38.7	35.3	1	7418	7
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	1	7418	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38.7	35.3	1	7420	27770
Cannonite ()*	None	Bi₂O(SO₄)(OH)₂	38.7	35.3	1	7418	26
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	38.7	35.3	1	7418	178
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	38.7	35.3	7	7415,7416,7417,7418,7419,7421,7422	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38.7	35.3	2	7418,7421	27198
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	1	7418	151
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	38.7	35.3	1	7415	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	38.7	35.3	1	7418	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	38.7	35.3	1	7415	697
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	38.7	35.3	1	7418	551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	38.7	35.3	1	7418	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	38.7	35.3	2	7419,7420	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	38.7	35.3	1	7418	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	38.7	35.3	4	7415,7417,7418,7422	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	38.7	35.3	1	7420	14640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	38.7	35.3	1	7418	57
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	38.7	35.3	1	7418	54
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	1	7418	2228
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	38.7	35.3	1	7418	39
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38.7	35.3	1	7420	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	38.7	35.3	1	7421	12537
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	38.7	35.3	1	7418	182
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	38.7	35.3	1	7418	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	38.7	35.3	1	7418	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	38.7	35.3	1	7419	17380
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	1	7418	51
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	1	7418	170
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	38.7	35.3	1	7418	494
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	38.7	35.3	1	7418	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38.7	35.3	1	7421	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38.7	35.3	3	7418,7419,7421	61156
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)	38.7	35.3	1	7418	38
Russellite ()*	None	Bi₂WO₆	38.7	35.3	1	7418	40
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	38.7	35.3	1	7418	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	1	7418	134
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	38.7	35.3	1	7420	6417
Sillénite ()*	None	Bi₁₂SiO₂₀	38.7	35.3	1	7418	26
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	38.7	35.3	3	7419,7420,7421	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38.7	35.3	1	7419	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	38.7	35.3	1	7415	1934
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	38.7	35.3	1	7418	156
Thorasphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Th₂H(AsO₄)₂(PO₄)·6H₂O	38.7	35.3	1	7418	1
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	38.7	35.3	1	7418	31
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	38.7	35.3	1	7418	1655
Zavaritskite ()*	Matlockite	BiOF	38.7	35.3	1	7418	26
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	38.7	35.3	1	7415	5251

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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