Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
CSA Mine (Old CSA Mine; Tinto Mine; QTS Prospect), Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 98789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-98789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "CSA Mine (Old CSA Mine; Tinto Mine; QTS Prospect), Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°24'29"S
Longitude: 145°47'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.408055555556,145.79888888889

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	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Copper ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Guanajuatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tripuhyite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	281
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Guanajuatite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂Se₃	37
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	64
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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