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Locality Name:
Tunnel Hill Quarry, Serpentine Hill, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 46481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tunnel Hill Quarry, Serpentine Hill, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°49'49"S
Longitude: 145°24'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.830277777778,145.41277777778

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.

Clay	Hydrotalcite	None	Serpentine	Spinel

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 Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Hydrotalcite None Serpentine Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*
Stichtite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	419.2	358.9	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	419.2	358.9	951
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	419.2	358.9	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	419.2	358.9	14899
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	419.2	358.9	89
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	419.2	358.9	43

2 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
	Cr-00044	419.2	358.9		Stratigraphy						Yes		Chromite, Stichtite	Cr	6729	Nevada Creek, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia		Reid (1925)		DMF1
	Cr-00045	419.2	358.9		Stratigraphy								Chromite, Stichtite	Cr	46481	Tunnel Hill Quarry, Serpentine Hill, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia		Reid (1925)		DMF1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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