Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cooma, Beresford Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 308295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cooma, Beresford Co., New South Wales, Australia": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Ambassador Workings
Barite Prospect
Birchams Prospect
Blake & Party
Blakes Lode (Lane & Newell Workings)
Cowarra Gold Mine (Victoria Gold Mine)
Fiery Creek Gold And Copper Workings
Harnett Prospect (Harnett Central)
Ironclad Gold Mine
Ironclad Line Of Lode
Macanally Workings
MacKenzies No.1 & No.2 Shafts
Never Never Line Of Workings
No.1 North Shaft (Whim Shaft)
Polar Star Mine
Prime Minister Workings
Prospectors Claim
Rock Flat Clay Pit
Rosebank Mine
Skidmore Copper Mine
Star Of The North (North Star; No.6 North)
The King Workings
The Princess Workings
The Queen Workings
Vanderbilt Gold Mine
Victoria Line Of Lode

Latitude: 36°6'4"S
Longitude: 149°14'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.101111111111,149.24777777778

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorodite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: Al As Au Ba C Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	4370,4384,4387,4389	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	4366	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	4370	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	4384	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	4370,4371,4372,4375,4376,4378,4381,4383,4384	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0		1008
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	4370,4372,4376,4378,4381,4385	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	20	4365,4368,4369,4370,4371,4374,4375,4376,4377,4378,4379,4380,4381,4383,4385,4386,4387,4388,4389,4390	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	4382	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	4372	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	4383,4384	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	4370	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	4382	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	22	4365,4368,4369,4370,4371,4372,4373,4374,4375,4376,4377,4378,4379,4380,4381,4384,4385,4386,4387,4388,4389,4390	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	4367	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	4370,4371,4375	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	22	4365,4366,4367,4368,4370,4371,4372,4373,4374,4375,4376,4377,4378,4379,4380,4381,4383,4384,4386,4387,4389,4390	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	4382	1153
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	4370,4372,4378,4381,4385	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	4372	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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