Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Beaconsfield District, West Tamar Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 131615
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131615.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beaconsfield District, West Tamar Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Andersons Creek
Beaconsfield
Flowery Gully
Salisbury Hill (Blue Tier)

Latitude: 41°13'45"S
Longitude: 146°48'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.229166666667,146.80833333333

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Hydrotalcite	Melanterite
Meneghinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Vesuvianite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Iridium ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Hydrotalcite Melanterite
Meneghinite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Vesuvianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	13400,13401	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	13400,13401	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	13401	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	13400,13401,13404	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	13404	4979
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	4	13397,13400,13401,13406	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	13397	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	13397	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	13397	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	13397	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	13400,13404	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	13397	944
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	13401,13404	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	13400,13401,13402,13406	30554
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	13397	162
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	13397	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	13397,13398	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	13401	915
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	2	13400,13401	158
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	13400,13401	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	13400,13401,13404	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	13397	89
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	13400,13401,13406	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	13400	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	13404	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	13400,13401,13404	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	13397	1395
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	13397	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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