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Locality Name:
Woodlawn Mine, Tarago, Murray Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 430
Youngest recorded age at locality: 430

mindat Locality ID: 17692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17692.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woodlawn Mine, Tarago, Murray Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°3'43"S
Longitude: 149°34'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.061944444444,149.57027777778
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovellite
DevillineDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS43043009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)243043005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)430430011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S343043001935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)643043001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)430430027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)43043004979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S43043005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2430430027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl43043001382
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)43043001025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS43043004165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF243043009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS430430024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)43043007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu430430030554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS4304300717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O43043001689
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24304300987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2430430012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS243043005674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2430430017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)243043002273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2430430039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S843043009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2430430061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)24304300454
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O4304300292
Silver  (*)CopperAg43043005186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)43043002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS430430021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS44304300668
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)243043003337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1343043005317


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
vms-00017430430Silurian       S17692Woodlawn Mine, Tarago, Murray Co., New South Wales, AustraliaWoodlawnMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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