Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gipps Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 461
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 146497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gipps Co., New South Wales, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
North Yalgogrin
West Wyalong
Wyalong

Latitude: 33°54'49"S
Longitude: 147°8'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.913611111111,147.14277777778

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Mica Natrolite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			9	7261,7262,7263,7264,7265,7266,7268,7269,7270	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	7271	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	461	444	2	7267,7273	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	7266	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			10	7261,7262,7263,7264,7265,7266,7267,7268,7269,7270	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	7271	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	461	444	1	7273	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	461	444	1	7273	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	7271	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	461	444	10	7261,7262,7263,7264,7265,7266,7268,7269,7270,7273	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	7267	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	7261,7262,7263,7264,7266,7267,7268,7269,7270	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	7262	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	7270	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	7266	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
	PorphCu-00667	461	444	Late Ordovician									Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	228053	Mandamah Prospect, Wyalong, Gipps Co., New South Wales, Australia	Mandamah	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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