Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Comstock Chert Prospect, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 246209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Comstock Chert Prospect, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°2'9"S
Longitude: 145°35'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -42.035833333333,145.59166666667

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Digenite	Enargite	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Ca Cu F Fe H Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Ca Cu F Fe H Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Digenite Enargite Fluorite Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	502	502	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	502	502	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	502	502	27198
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	502	502	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	502	502	300
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	502	502	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	502	502	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	502	502	24243
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	502	502	92
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	502	502	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	502	502	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	502	502	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	502	502	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	502	502	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	502	502	5317

1 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-00040	502	502	Cambrian							Yes			S	5774	Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Mount Lyell	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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