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Locality Name:
Duck Creek Bismuth (Saul & Staudes Bismuth Prospect; Deposit 1 Of GS1979/429), Torrington, Clive Co., New South Wales, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 105490
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105490.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Duck Creek Bismuth (Saul & Staudes Bismuth Prospect; Deposit 1 Of GS1979/429), Torrington, Clive Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°12'38"S
Longitude: 151°33'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.210555555556,151.55277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteChalcopyriteClayCopperFluoriteKobelliteMicaNone
QuartzRutileSphaleriteStibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29925209052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi29925201966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S329925201935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2992520716
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO229925205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2299252027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF229925209617
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S42992520192
Gold  (*)CopperAu299252030554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2299252017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2299252061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS299252021482


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Emily000538299252Late Permian     Yes  105576Cobalt-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, AustraliaTorrington-Emmaville AreaRose G (1971) GSNSW43_1age of th acid biotite granite

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