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Locality Name:
Copeland, Gloucester Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 166622
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-166622.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copeland, Gloucester Co., New South Wales, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Bromley Mine (Nil Desperandum)
Centennial Mine
Golden Consul Mine
Golden Spur Northern Mine
Great Britain Mine
Hidden Treasure Reef (Hidden Treasure Mine)
Kellys Shaft
Kin San Mine
Lady Belmore Mine
Lady Lizzie Mine
Mint Mine (The Mint Mine)
Morning Star Mine
Mountain Maid Mine
Prince Charlie Tunnel (Mount Copeland Mine; Prince Patrick Mine; Prince Charlie Mine)
Rainbow Mine
Rose & Thistle Mine
Rose & Thistle No. 2 East Mine
Town And Country Reef

Latitude: 31°59'16"S
Longitude: 151°49'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.987777777778,151.82527777778
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFeldsparMicaNickelineNone
PrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltTalc

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS67288,7289,7292,7297,7299,73049052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)47292,7299,7300,730327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl27292,72991382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Gold  (*)CopperAu87287,7289,7292,7294,7295,7299,7300,730330554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21730317380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2187287,7288,7289,7290,7291,7292,7293,7294,7295,7296,7297,7298,7299,7300,7301,7302,7303,730439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO247292,7299,7300,730361156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2173003337


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