Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
King Island Scheelite Mine, Grassy, King Island, King Island Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 22458
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22458.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "King Island Scheelite Mine, Grassy, King Island, King Island Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bold Head Mine (Investigator 1; No. 3 Orebody)
Dolphin Orebody
The Hanging Wall

Latitude: 40°2'40"S
Longitude: 144°3'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.044444444444,144.06333333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilbite
Titanite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Olivine
Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilbite
Titanite Wollastonite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	13123,13124	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	0		1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	13123	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	0		236
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	13123,13124	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	13123,13124	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	0		494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	13123	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	13123,13124,13125	4894
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	0		241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	0		189
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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