Waterfords Tin Mine, Murchison Co., New South Wales, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Waterfords Tin Mine | Mine |
Murchison Co. | County |
New South Wales | State |
Australia | Country |
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 1' 50'' South , 150° 58' 55'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.03079,150.98217 |
GeoHash: | G#: r6em5tjcg |
Locality type: | Mine |
Age: | 2.588 Ma to present day |
Geologic Time: | Quaternary |
Reference for age: | Brown, R.E., Brownlow, J.W., Krynen, J.P. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets, Manilla-Narrabri 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-9, SH/55-12. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 319 pages. |
KΓΆppen climate type: | Cfa : Humid subtropical climate |
Located north of Bundarra (which is located in Hardinge County).
Operated as a former small open cut tin mine that worked a placer deposit 1979 to 1980.
Regions containing this locality
Woolomin Province, New England Orogen, Australia
Geologic Province - 428 mineral species & varietal names listed
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
β Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 Reference: Brown, R.E., Brownlow, J.W., Krynen, J.P. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets, Manilla-Narrabri 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-9, SH/55-12. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 319 pages. |
β 'Granite' Reference: Brown, R.E., Brownlow, J.W., Krynen, J.P. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets, Manilla-Narrabri 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-9, SH/55-12. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 319 pages. |
β 'Pegmatite' Reference: Brown, R.E., Brownlow, J.W., Krynen, J.P. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets, Manilla-Narrabri 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-9, SH/55-12. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 319 pages. |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Brown, R.E., Brownlow, J.W., Krynen, J.P. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets, Manilla-Narrabri 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-9, SH/55-12. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 319 pages. |
β 'commodity:Tin' Formula: Sn Reference: |
β 'Tourmaline' Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z Reference: Brown, R.E., Brownlow, J.W., Krynen, J.P. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets, Manilla-Narrabri 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-9, SH/55-12. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 319 pages. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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β | 'Cassiterite' | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
β | 'Quartz' | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'Granite' | - | |
β | 'Pegmatite' | - | |
β | 'Tourmaline' | - | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 4 - SIMPLE OXIDES | |||
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AX2 | |||
β | Cassiterite | 4.4.1.5 | SnO2 |
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
β | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'Granite' | - | |
β | 'Pegmatite' | - | |
β | 'Tourmaline' | - | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals for each chemical element
B | Boron | |
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B | β Tourmaline | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Cassiterite | SnO2 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Tourmaline | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | β Cassiterite | SnO2 |
Regional Geology
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Permian 251.902 - 298.9 Ma ID: 3192842 | Paleozoic intrusive rocks Age: Phanerozoic (251.902 - 298.9 Ma) Comments: New England Fold Belt Lithology: Intrusive igneous rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Cisuralian 272.95 - 298.9 Ma ID: 703891 | granite 67924 Age: Cisuralian (272.95 - 298.9 Ma) Description: Coarse to very coarse grained, porphyritic and equigranular (biotite) - (muscovite) - (garnet) -(cordierite) granite and leucogranite. K-feldspar megacrysts abundant in places Comments: igneous felsic intrusive; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous felsic intrusive Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
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