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Locality Name:
Belmont Mine, Torrington, Clive Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 105599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belmont Mine, Torrington, Clive Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°12'40"S
Longitude: 151°43'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.211111111111,151.7325

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite

Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*

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: C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	299	252	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	299	252	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	299	252	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	299	252	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	299	252	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	299	252	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	299	252	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	299	252	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	299	252	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	299	252	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	299	252	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	299	252	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	299	252	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	299	252	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	299	252	668

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
	Emily000538	299	252	Late Permian							Yes				105576	Cobalt-New Hope-Clarkes (New Hope Mine; Bung Lode; Cobalt Lode; Clarkes Lode; Sherrats Mine; New Hope Wolfram; James Public School Deposit), Torrington, Clive Co., New South Wales, Australia	Torrington-Emmaville Area	Rose G (1971)		GSNSW43_1	age of th acid biotite granite

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