Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Razorback 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: 258533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Razorback Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°52'4"S
Longitude: 145°25'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.867777777778,145.42666666667

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.

Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Hydrotalcite	Nickeline	None	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine
Spinel	Starkeyite	Talc	Wollastonite

Brucite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dypingite ()*	Galena ()*	Giorgiosite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rozenite ()*
Talc ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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: C Ca Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brucite Calcite Clay Hydrotalcite Nickeline None Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine
Spinel Starkeyite Talc Wollastonite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	419.2	358.9	462
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	419.2	358.9	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	419.2	358.9	197
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	419.2	358.9	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	419.2	358.9	9895
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	419.2	358.9	50
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419.2	358.9	24243
Giorgiosite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	419.2	358.9	13
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	419.2	358.9	14899
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	419.2	358.9	80
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	419.2	358.9	89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	419.2	358.9	9056
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	419.2	358.9	293
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	419.2	358.9	3337
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	419.2	358.9	1247

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	Yes	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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