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Locality Name:
Fosterville Goldfield, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 87911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-87911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fosterville Goldfield, City Of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Central Ellesmore Open Pit
Central North Open Pit
Falcon Open Pit
Farleys Deposit
Fosterville Open Pit
O'Dwyers Deposit
Reads Deposit
Rehes Deposit
Robins Hill Open Pit
Sharkeys Open Pit

Latitude: 36°41'7"S
Longitude: 144°30'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.685277777778,144.505
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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)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
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1138559052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211385527198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11385524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu11385530554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211385539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211385561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31138553418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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