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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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