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Locality Name:
Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 502
Youngest recorded age at locality: 502

mindat Locality ID: 22781
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22781.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Calder
Doctors Rocks
Fossil Bluff
Hellyer-Que River Mines
Magnet
Mt Ramsay
Preolenna
Waratah

Latitude: 41°16'2"S
Longitude: 145°36'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.267222222222,145.60388888889

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite
Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Bournonite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Cylindrite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Humite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Ludwigite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Palygorskite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite
Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Symplesite	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Tungstite	Vivianite	Wagnerite	Wavellite	Weberite	Wollastonite
Wurtzite	Xanthoconite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite
Baryte Beryl Bismutite Bournonite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copiapite Copper Corundum Cylindrite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Humite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Ludwigite Malachite
Marcasite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Palygorskite Phenakite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite
Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Symplesite Talc
Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Tungstite Vivianite Wagnerite Wavellite Weberite Wollastonite
Wurtzite Xanthoconite Zircon

147 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*
Crocoite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Danalite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Ferroaluminoceladonite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Foitite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Graphite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hambergite ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*
Hisingerite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Isokite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Köttigite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Luinaite-(OH) ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*
Meionite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Morinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Norbergite ()*	Olenite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Prosopite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sellaite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*
Symplesite ()*	Talc ()*	Teallite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorianite ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Vivianite ()*
Vonsenite ()*	Wagnerite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Weberite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	502	502	2	13238,13241	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	13250	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	13250	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	13246	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	13250	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	13241	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	13250	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	13246,13250	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			1	13250	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	502	502	5	13238,13241,13243,13250,13252	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	13250	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	13250	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	502	502	2	13238,13250	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)			2	13250,13252	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	13250	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	13250,13252	4286
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	13250	413
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃			1	13243	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			2	13243,13250	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	13243,13250	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	13243	716
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	502	502	5	13238,13241,13248,13250,13251	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	502	502	3	13238,13248,13251	1089
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	13250	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	13237,13246,13250	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			3	13249,13250,13253	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	13241	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	13250	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	13250	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			1	13241	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	502	502	4	13238,13243,13250,13252	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	13241	1382
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂			1	13250	285
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	13241,13250	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	13250	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	13250	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	13250	236
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	13250	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	13250	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	13250	1797
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)			1	13241	81
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	13250	2970
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	13243	58
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	13250	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	13250	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	502	502	3	13238,13241,13250	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	13250	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	13250	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	502	502	2	13238,13250	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	13250	551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	13249	345
Ferroaluminoceladonite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺AlSi₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	13252	3
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃			1	13250	52
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	13249,13250	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	13243,13250,13252	9617
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	13250	75
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			2	13236,13250	1188
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9			2	13250,13252	52
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	502	502	1	13238	663
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	13250	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	502	502	4	13238,13241,13250,13252	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	13250	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	502	502	4	13236,13238,13243,13250	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	13250	188
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	13250	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	13241	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	13241,13250	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	13250	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	13250	409
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)			1	13250	81
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	13243	209
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS			1	13241	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	13250	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	13250	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄			1	13241	73
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	13250	144
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)			1	13250	56
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	13243	5433
Isokite ()*	Titanite	CaMg(PO₄)F			1	13250	22
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			4	13248,13250,13251,13252	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	13250	5591
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	13241	60
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	13241	581
Luinaite-(OH) ()*	Tourmaline	(Na, )(Fe²⁺,Mg)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄			2	13250,13252	9
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	13243	80
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	13250,13252	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	13250	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	13250	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	13250	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO			1	13241	202
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)			1	13243	176
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	13250	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	13250	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	13241	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	13249,13250	5800
Morinite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)F₄·2H₂O			1	13250	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	502	502	3	13238,13241,13250	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	13250	1236
Norbergite ()*	Humite	Mg₃(SiO₄)F₂			1	13250	37
Olenite ()*	Tourmaline	NaAl₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃(OH)			1	13250	24
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	13250	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	13250	2349
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	13250	306
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			1	13250	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	13243,13250	2273
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂			1	13241	142
Prosopite ()*	None	CaAl₂F₄(OH)₄			1	13250	39
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			2	13241,13250	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	502	502	2	13238,13250	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	502	502	3	13238,13250,13252	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	13250	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	13250	771
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃			1	13250	84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	13243,13250	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	502	502	5	13235,13238,13241,13250,13252	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	13250	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	13243	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	13243,13250	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	13250	1153
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂			2	13250,13252	46
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	13241,13246,13250	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	13250	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	13241	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	13250	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	502	502	4	13238,13241,13250,13252	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	13236	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	13250	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	13250	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	13250	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			1	13250	275
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	13241	92
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	13250	3337
Teallite ()*	Arsenolamprite	PbSnS₂			1	13250	33
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	502	502	2	13238,13250	5317
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	13250	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	13243,13250	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	13250,13252	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	13250	2562
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O			1	13250	118
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			2	13250,13252	636
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)			1	13250	62
Wagnerite ()*	Wagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)F			1	13250	61
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	13250	374
Weberite ()*	Weberite	Na₂MgAlF₇			1	13250	13
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	13250	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			2	13243,13250	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	13250	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00038	502	502	Cambrian										S	19265	Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Hellyer	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00041	502	502	Cambrian										S	19265	Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Que River	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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