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Locality Name:
Oonah Mine, Zeehan Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 41°52'36"S
Longitude: 145°19'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.876666666667,145.31833333333
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: Ag As Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteNonePyriteRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteXanthoconite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S38335902793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS38335909052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)63833590413
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S338335901935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS438335905516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS338335901089
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO238335905171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2383359027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS383359024243
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS338335901425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2383359039462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3383359084
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)38335906417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS383359021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS43833590668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1338335905317


1 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
sedznpb-00019383359Late Devonian     Yes  16479Allison's Lode (Monroe's Mine ?), Comstock Mine (Zeehan Comstock), Zeehan Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, AustraliaComstockSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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