Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 238
Youngest recorded age at locality: 215

mindat Locality ID: 91
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-91.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia": 69
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 69

Number of Child Localities: 69
Child Localities:
25 Northwest No. 2 Pipe (No. 2 Pipe; 25 Northwest; Pipe No. 36)
25 South No. 2 Pipe (No. 2 Pipe; Pipe No. 38)
25 South Pipe (Pipe No. 33)
25 West Pipe (Pipe No. 32)
28 South Pipe (Pipe No. 21)
Arsenic Blow (Arsenic Shaft; Hagens Tribute; Yates Pipe No. 1; Pipe No. 28)
Bill Miller's Hole (Pipe No. 9)
Black Pipe (Black Shaft; Yates Pipe No. 2; Pipe No. 8; No. 26 East)
Boyd & Morris Prospect
Christies Blow (Pipe No. 43)
Forty North Pipe (Pipe No. 23)
Forty Pipe (Yates Pipe No. 3; Old Forty; Pipe No. 24)
Forty South Pipe (Pipe No. 25)
Giant Blow (Sachs Pipe No. 8; Pipe H; Pipe No. 59)
Goodwins Pipe (Goodwins Cut; Pipe No. 65)
Granite Shaft (Pipe No. 35)
Hard Blow (Pipers Hole; Pipe No. 29; New Hard Blow)
Jacks At Home Pipe (Pipe No. 45)
Jim Marshalls Hole (Pipe No. 26)
Jubilee Pipe (Pipe No. 40)
Magazine Shaft (Windlass Shaft; Pipe No. 19)
Marks & Vickery Prospect
Martins Hole (Pipe No. 16)
Maurers Mine (Maurers Claim; Dodger Claim)
Micks Shaft (Pipe No. 11)
Monkey Shaft (Pipe No. 63)
Mount Morgan Pipe (Pipe No. 34)
Muck Pipe (Pipe No. 44)
Nields Blow (Pipe No. 50)
Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14)
Old 45 Pipe (Old 45; Sachs Pipe; Pipe No. 64)
One & Nine Tunnel (No. 1 And No. 9 Pipes; Yates No. 7)
Pipe No. 12
Pipe No. 17
Pipe No. 20
Pipe No. 22
Pipe No. 27
Pipe No. 31
Pipe No. 39
Pipe No. 4
Pipe No. 42
Pipe No. 46
Pipe No. 48
Pipe No. 49
Pipe No. 6
Portion 6 Pipes (Pipes No. 2 And No. 3)
Potters Claim (Sachs Pipe No. 6; Pipe F; Pipe No. 57)
Quinn's Find (Quinns Find; Pipe No. 1)
Reef Blow (Pipe No. 51)
Road Block Pipe (Pipe No. 41)
Sachs Folly (Pipe No. 30)
Sachs Of Kingsgate
Sachs Pipe No. 10 (Pipe J; Pipe No. 61)
Sachs Pipe No. 2 (Pipe No. 53; Pipe B)
Sachs Pipe No. 3 (Pipe C; Pipe No. 54)
Sachs Pipe No. 4 (Pipe D; Pipe No. 55)
Sachs Pipe No. 5 (Pipe E; Pipe No. 56)
Sachs Pipe No. 7 (Reef Blow; Pipe G; Pipe No. 58)
Sachs Pipe No. 9 (Sachs Pipe 9; Pipe No. 60)
Schoolhouse Blow (Pipe No. 18)
Speckhardts No. 1 (Pipe A; Pipe No. 52)
Swamp Blow (Pipe No. 47)
Tin Pipe (Tin Shaft; Tin Show; Water Shaft; Pipe No. 7)
Tom Keys Hole (Chimney Shaft; Pipe No. 37)
Twenty-Five North (Pipe No. 13)
Weidmeyers Cutting (Pipe No. 15)
Wet Shaft (Water Cut Pipe; Road Pipe; Pipe No. 62)
Wolfram Pipe (Wolfram Blow; Pipe No. 10; Yates No. 11; Little Tunnel; Old 26)
Yarrow River Molybdenite (Yarrow River)

Latitude: 29°49'2"S
Longitude: 151°58'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.817222222222,151.97527777778

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite
Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	Gelosaite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Marcasite	Matlockite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetradymite

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi C Ca Ce Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite
Copper Covellite Fluorite Gelosaite Kaolinite Kobellite Marcasite Matlockite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetradymite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bismutoferrite ()*
Bismutostibiconite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cannonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gelosaite ()*
Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Ikunolite ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Kobellite ()*
Koechlinite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Mambertiite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Preisingerite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riomarinaite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Segnitite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tancaite-(Ce) ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tooeleite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	238	220	1	7666	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	238	215	1	7704	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	238	215	6	7642,7663,7666,7674,7702,7704	9052
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	238	220	1	7666	450
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	238	220	1	7666	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	238	220	1	7666	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	238	215	65	7637,7638,7639,7640,7641,7642,7643,7644,7646,7647,7648,7649,7650,7651,7652,7653,7654,7655,7656,7657,7658,7659,7660,7661,7662,7663,7664,7665,7667,7668,7669,7670,7671,7672,7674,7675,7676,7677,7678,7679,7680,7681,7682,7683,7684,7685,7686,7687,7689,7690,7691,7692,7693,7694,7695,7696,7697,7698,7699,7700,7701,7702,7703,7704,7705	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	238	215	6	7642,7651,7655,7660,7667,7704	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	238	215	5	7637,7655,7661,7666,7704	716
Bismutoferrite ()*	Kaolinite	Fe³⁺₂Bi(SiO₄)₂(OH)	238	220	1	7666	51
Bismutostibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Bi,Fe³⁺, )₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	238	220	1	7666	7
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	238	215	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	238	215	0		27770
Cannonite ()*	None	Bi₂O(SO₄)(OH)₂	238	215	2	7666,7704	26
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	238	215	4	7643,7654,7699,7704	5171
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	238	215	0		94
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	238	215	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	238	215	1	7704	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	238	215	2	7655,7704	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	238	215	0		4165
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	238	215	1	7704	551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	238	215	5	7660,7666,7667,7676,7696	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	238	215	1	7704	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	238	215	2	7655,7704	192
Gelosaite ()*	Not in a structural group Gelosaite	BiMo⁶⁺_(2-5x)Mo⁵⁺_6xO₇(OH)·H₂O (0 < x < 0.4)	238	215	2	7666,7704	3
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	238	215	1	7665	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	238	215	0		170
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	238	215	1	7704	54
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	238	215	0		86
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅	238	215	1	7704	87
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	238	215	2	7666,7704	39
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	238	215	0		88
Mambertiite ()*	Gelosaite	BiMo⁵⁺_2.8O₈(OH)	238	215	0		2
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	238	215	0		5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	238	215	68	7637,7638,7639,7640,7641,7642,7643,7644,7645,7646,7647,7648,7649,7650,7651,7652,7653,7654,7655,7656,7657,7658,7659,7660,7661,7662,7663,7664,7665,7666,7667,7668,7669,7670,7671,7672,7673,7674,7675,7676,7677,7678,7679,7680,7681,7682,7683,7684,7685,7686,7687,7689,7690,7691,7692,7693,7694,7695,7696,7697,7698,7699,7700,7701,7702,7703,7704,7705	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	238	220	1	7666	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	238	215	43	7637,7641,7642,7643,7644,7646,7647,7648,7650,7652,7655,7656,7657,7658,7659,7660,7661,7662,7663,7664,7665,7666,7667,7670,7677,7678,7680,7683,7684,7685,7686,7687,7689,7690,7692,7693,7694,7696,7697,7699,7701,7703,7704	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	238	220	1	7666	494
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	238	220	1	7666	53
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	238	215	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	238	215	16	7643,7644,7647,7648,7651,7657,7663,7664,7674,7676,7677,7678,7684,7685,7691,7704	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	238	215	1	7704	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	238	215	69	7637,7638,7639,7640,7641,7642,7643,7644,7645,7646,7647,7648,7649,7650,7651,7652,7653,7654,7655,7656,7657,7658,7659,7660,7661,7662,7663,7664,7665,7666,7667,7668,7669,7670,7671,7672,7673,7674,7675,7676,7677,7678,7679,7680,7681,7682,7683,7684,7685,7686,7687,7688,7689,7690,7691,7692,7693,7694,7695,7696,7697,7698,7699,7700,7701,7702,7703,7704,7705	61156
Riomarinaite ()*	None	Bi(SO₄)(OH)·H₂O	238	220	1	7666	2
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	238	220	1	7666	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	238	215	0		134
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	238	215	6	7652,7665,7666,7668,7701,7704	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	238	215	4	7685,7687,7691,7701	21482
Tancaite-(Ce) ()*	Not in a structural group	FeCe(MoO₄)₃·3H₂O	238	215	0		2
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	238	215	0		510
Tooeleite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₆(AsO₃)₄(SO₄)(OH)₄·4H₂O	238	220	1	7666	10
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	238	215	2	7666,7704	1655

2 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-00185	218	215										Ferrimolybdite, Koechlinite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite, Wulfenite, Gelosaite	Mo	91	Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia	Kingsgate	Plimer & Elliot (1979-1980)	10.1016/0375-6742(79)90060-8	JGE12_21
	Mo-00216	238	220		K-Ar, Os-Os								Ferrimolybdite, Koechlinite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite, Wulfenite, Gelosaite	Mo	27310	Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia		Yin et al. (1993)	10.1016/0016-7037(93)90358-4	GCA57_4119

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120031	Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia	https://rruff.info/R120031

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