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Locality Name:
Mt Ramsay Mine, Mt Ramsay, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 132877
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132877.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Ramsay Mine, Mt Ramsay, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°34'58"S
Longitude: 145°27'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.582777777778,145.46194444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti W Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti W Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluorite
MicaNickelineNoneScapoliteScheeliteSodaliteStibniteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Danalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Meionite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Titanite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S058
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20209
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2080
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)0176
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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