Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Majors Creek, Braidwood, St Vincent Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 94
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-94.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Majors Creek, Braidwood, St Vincent Co., New South Wales, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dargue's Reef Mine

Latitude: 35°32'23"S
Longitude: 149°44'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.539722222222,149.74111111111

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.

Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	9853	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	9853	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	9853	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	9853	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	9853	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	9853	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	9853	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	9853	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	9853	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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