Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 358.9

mindat Locality ID: 16755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Comet Mine
Maestries Mine

Latitude: 41°52'39"S
Longitude: 145°26'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.8775,145.44527777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Dundasite	Monazite	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Rocksalt

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Crocoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Galena ()*
Massicot ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Siderite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cl Cr H O Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Dundasite Monazite None Pyrite Pyrochlore
Rocksalt

15 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	419.2	358.9	1	13338	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	419.2	358.9	1	13337	9052
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	419.2	358.9	1	13338	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	1	13337	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	2	13337,13338	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	419.2	358.9	0		1382
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	419.2	358.9	0		81
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	419.2	358.9	1	13337	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	419.2	358.9	0		97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419.2	358.9	1	13338	24243
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	419.2	358.9	1	13338	202
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	419.2	358.9	1	13338	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	419.2	358.9	1	13337	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	419.2	358.9	1	13338	1725
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	1	13337	6417

12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
Cr-00032	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Chromite, Crocoite, Grimaldiite, Magnesiochromite, Petterdite, Stichtite, Reynoldsite	Cr	175	Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00033	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Chromite, Crocoite, Stichtite	Cr	176	Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00034	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite	Cr	157591	Andersons Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00035	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite, Stichtite	Cr	132794	Bonanza Mine (Lucky Star Mine), Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00036	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy		Crocoite	Cr	16755	Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00037	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite	Cr	213783	Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00038	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite	Cr	50643	Kosminsky Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00039	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite	Cr	6727	Platt Prospect, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00040	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite, Grimaldiite, Petterdite, Stichtite, Reynoldsite	Cr	178	Red Lead Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00043	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Chromite, Magnesiochromite, Stichtite	Cr	183	Stichtite Hill, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00041	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite, Stichtite	Cr	7202	West Comet Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00042	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite	Cr	179	Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1

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