New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia

Active open pit Cu-Au mine 3 km south of the township of Cobar.
Multiple vein.
Oxidation zone rich in a large variety of secondary minerals of Pb, Cu, As and others.
Map sheet: Cobar 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map; SH 55-14, 8034-I-N.
Coordinates: 391300mE, 6512320mN.

References:
- Andrews 1913
- Gray 1920
- Rayney 1969
- Ryan 1993
- Gilligan and Byrnes 1995.
- Leverett, P., McKinnon, A. R., Sharpe, J. L. and Williams, P. A. (2005) Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 75-82.
- http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf

Mineral List:

	Acanthite

	Agardite-(Nd)

	Agardite-(Y)

	Arsenopyrite

	Atacamite

	Azurite

	Baryte

	Bayldonite

	Berzelianite

	Bismutite

	Cassiterite

	Cerussite

	Chalcanthite

	Chalcocite

	Chalcopyrite

	Chenevixite

	Chlorargyrite var: Bromian Chlorargyrite

	Chrysocolla

	Covellite

	Cuprite

	Duftite

	Gartrellite

	Iodargyrite

	Malachite

	Mandarinoite ?

	Mimetite

	Olivenite

	Philipsbornite ?

	Plumbogummite

	Segnitite

	Ungemachite ?

	Wulfenite

32 entries listed. 30 valid minerals.

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