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Locality Name:
Mt Lewis, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 283099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Lewis, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Boundary Fence Prospect
Mount Lewis Prospect
Restdown Gold Lode

Latitude: 31°48'36"S
Longitude: 146°22'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.81,146.37166666667
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: As Au Bi C Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS187149052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3187141935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21871427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS187144165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS28712,871424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu28713,871430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O328713,871414640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21871412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2187145800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS238712,8713,871439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2187123106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8187149056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO228712,871461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS28712,871421482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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