Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gara Dam, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 304771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gara Dam, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Clifton Deposit
Gara Dam Prospect
Gara Prospect
Highlands Antimony Deposit
Malpas Dam Quarry
Promise Mines

Latitude: 30°25'49"S
Longitude: 151°46'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.430277777778,151.77694444444

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	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Topaz

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Corundum ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*

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: Al As Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite Topaz

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	9488	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	9484	9052
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	9487	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	9484	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	9484	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	9489	1797
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	9484	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	9489	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	9484,9488	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	9484,9487	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	9484,9487	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	9484	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	9487	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	9484	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	9489	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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