Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lewis Ponds, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 435
Youngest recorded age at locality: 435

mindat Locality ID: 92
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-92.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lewis Ponds, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Cesars Workings (Cesars Prospect)
Dead Horse Gully Mine (Dead Horse Mine; Nicholson's Mine)
Icely Mine (Icely Lode)
Icely Mine (Williams Lode)
Lady Belmore Mine
Little Bell Mount Mine (Little Bell Mine)
Mt Nicholas Mine
Mt Regan Mine
Ophir Copper Mine (Ophir Mine)
Spicers Mine
Toms Mine (Sulphide Corporation Mine; Lewis Ponds Project)

Latitude: 33°17'12"S
Longitude: 149°16'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.286666666667,149.27

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Au C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cl O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*

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)	435	435	0		2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	435	435	2	4291,4297	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	435	435	4	4288,4292,4296,4297	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	435	435	0		1382
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	435	435	1	4298	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	435	435	2	4288,4289	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	435	435	4	4289,4296,4297,4298	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	435	435	4	4291,4293,4294,4297	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	435	435	4	4288,4289,4296,4298	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	435	435	7	4288,4289,4292,4293,4294,4296,4298	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	435	435	0		5186

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
	vms-00026	435	435	Late Silurian										S	92	Lewis Ponds, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia	Lewis Pond	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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