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Locality Name:
Attunga, Inglis Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 253481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Attunga, Inglis Co., New South Wales, Australia": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Abbas Marble Quarry
Abras Limestone Deposit
Abras Serpentine Deposit
Attunga Copper Mine (Northern Skarn)
Attunga Molybdenite Deposit
Attunga Prospect 1 (Attunga Tungsten Deposit)
Attunga Prospect 2 (W2)
Attunga Prospect 3 (W3; Dempseys Prospect)
Attunga Prospect 4 (W4)
Attunga Prospect 5
Attunga Prospect 6 (W6)
Attunga Quarry (Attunga Magnesite Quarry)
BHP Limestone Quarry
Careys Limestone Deposit
Follinigtons Limestone Deposit
Frazers Limestone Quarry
Jacksons Limestone Quarry
Kensington Copper-Gold Deposit
Kensington Gold Mine 1
Kensington Gold Mine 2
Kensington Gold Mine 3
Kensington Scheelite Deposit
Litchfields Limestone Quarry
Mount Patterson Gold Mine
Namoi Copper Mine
Pioneer Taradale Gravel Deposit
PML 32
PML 33
PML 35

Latitude: 30°53'55"S
Longitude: 150°54'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.898611111111,150.90083333333

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Emplectite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mo O S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	8484	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	8484,8485,8487	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	8484	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	8480,8482,8496,8503	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	8480,8482,8484	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	8482,8484,8486,8488,8502	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	8480	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	8477,8480,8481,8482,8484,8502,8503	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	8480	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	8482	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	8480	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	8480,8482	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	8480	1027
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	8480	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	8480,8482,8484,8486,8488	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	8480,8496,8497,8498,8499,8502	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	8484	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	8477,8486,8488,8490	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	4	8490,8505,8506,8507	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	8484,8490	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	8480,8481,8482,8496,8503	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	8480,8483,8484,8500	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	8480	140
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	8484	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	8480,8481,8483,8484,8497,8498,8502,8503	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	8480	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	8483,8484,8486,8497,8498,8499,8502,8503	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	10	8481,8483,8484,8485,8486,8487,8488,8489,8497,8500	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	8497,8498	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	8480	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	8502	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	8480	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	8484	4899
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	8480	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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