Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 209133
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209133.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 29°14'9"S
Longitude: 151°34'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.235833333333,151.57861111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	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: As Ca F Fe O S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca F Fe O S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	299	252	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	299	252	5171
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	299	252	9617
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	299	252	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	299	252	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	299	252	21482

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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