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Locality Name:
Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 85
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-85.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Back Plain Creek (Truro Mine)
Bakers Claim
Beardy Waters
Blacks Road Gully
Blue Hills Road Gully
Bullock Mountain Prospect
Chandlers Creek
Chinese Workings
Clairvaulx Creek
Coronation Lead (Commonwealth Tin Lead; Commonwealth Mine; Coronation Mine; Hidden Treasure Mine)
Crews Deposit
Fletcher Gully
Furracabad Creek 1
Furracabad Creek 2
Glen Innes Brickworks Pit
Grant & Faulkners Mine
Hamels Gully
Herriotts Reef 1
Herriotts Reef 2
Herriotts Reef 3
Linwood Ochre Deposit
Maids Valley Creek
McCormack & Sachs Mine
New Find
Pablos Sapphire Mine
Reddestone Creek
Rocky Ponds Creek
Rummerys Hill
Shannon Vale Lead
Skeleton Creek
Williams & Party Prospect

Latitude: 29°41'43"S
Longitude: 151°45'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.695277777778,151.75083333333
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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al F Fe H Mo O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTopazZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS37596,7605,76229052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2147598,7599,7601,7602,7604,7610,7612,7613,7614,7618,7622,7623,7624,76255171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21761027198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3127595,7597,7601,7603,7607,7608,7611,7616,7619,7620,7621,76241797
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O0345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS37596,7605,762224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu37606,7618,762430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31761514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3176045433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4176155591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2176005800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O176071508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)247609,7613,7614,762217380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)176092349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227596,760539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2117596,7597,7604,7605,7609,7610,7612,7613,7614,7622,762561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS37596,7605,761021482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)57595,7604,7611,7619,76205251


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