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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

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: 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: 
AragoniteBruciteCalciteClayHydrotalciteNickelineNoneRocksaltRutileSerpentine
SpinelStarkeyiteTalcWollastonite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Brucite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Galena  (*)Giorgiosite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Talc  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2419.2358.90462
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2419.2358.905171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)419.2358.904979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O419.2358.90197
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4419.2358.90951
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2419.2358.909895
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O419.2358.9050
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS419.2358.9024243
Giorgiosite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O419.2358.9013
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)419.2358.901487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4419.2358.9014899
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O419.2358.9080
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O419.2358.9089
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8419.2358.909056
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O419.2358.90293
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2419.2358.903337
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3419.2358.901247



12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Cr-00032419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesChromite, Crocoite, Grimaldiite, Magnesiochromite, Petterdite, Stichtite, ReynoldsiteCr175Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00033419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesChromite, Crocoite, StichtiteCr176Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00034419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoiteCr157591Andersons Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00035419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoite, StichtiteCr132794Bonanza Mine (Lucky Star Mine), Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00036419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoiteCr16755Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00037419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoiteCr213783Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00038419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoiteCr50643Kosminsky Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00039419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoiteCr6727Platt Prospect, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00040419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoite, Grimaldiite, Petterdite, Stichtite, ReynoldsiteCr178Red Lead Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00043419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesChromite, Magnesiochromite, StichtiteCr183Stichtite Hill, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00041419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoite, StichtiteCr7202West Comet Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00042419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoiteCr179Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 


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