Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Spotted Leopard Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 99741
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-99741.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spotted Leopard Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°26'42"S
Longitude: 145°48'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.445,145.8075

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Malachite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*	Philipsbornite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Malachite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	151
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	51
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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