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Locality Name:
Avoca-Royal George District, Northern Midlands Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 126574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avoca-Royal George District, Northern Midlands Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Benham Plains
Brookstead Mine
Leona Mine
Merrywood Mine
New Henbury Mine
Royal George Mine
St Pauls Valley

Latitude: 41°46'46"S
Longitude: 147°51'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.779444444444,147.85222222222
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: Al Au B C Ca Cu F Fe H Na O P Pb S Si Sn U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperGypsumMalachiteNonePyrite
QuartzRutileTopazTourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Lead  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1131743250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)213177,1318127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2313175,13176,131795171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O113179925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211317927198
Gold  (*)CopperAu213176,1317830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1131756890
Lead  (*)CopperPb113178192
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211317912537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1131742994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2213177,1317939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2313176,13179,1318161156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1131792705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1131746417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O113179263
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21131791476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1131791059


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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