Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 98776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-98776.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°13'3"S
Longitude: 146°50'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.2175,146.84694444444

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	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: Au C Cu Fe H O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Cu Fe H O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Gold ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	541	495	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	510	510	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	510	510	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	541	495	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	541	495	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	541	495	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	510	510	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	510	510	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	510	510	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	510	510	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	541	495	1101

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00015	510	510	Cambrian	S	98776	North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Northeast	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00016	510	510	Cambrian	S	98776	North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Tritton	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00025	541	495	Cambrian		98776	North East Prospect (North East Mine; Tritton North Projec; Larsens NE Prospect), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia	Larsen East	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

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