Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mt Heemskirk Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 131620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Heemskirk Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Big H Prospect
Granville Mine (Granville East Prospect)
Montagu Mine (Donaghues Workings; Mr M. Bullens Mine; Mulcahy And Bullen; Section 6660M)
Orient Mine
St Dizier Mine
Tenth Legion Mine

Latitude: 41°51'4"S
Longitude: 145°9'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.851111111111,145.16472222222

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Diaspore
Epidote	Epsomite	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hulsite	Humite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Ludwigite
Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Tochilinite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Goethite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hulsite ()*	Humite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schoenfliesite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Szaibélyite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Talc ()*	Tochilinite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Vonsenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Diaspore
Epidote Epsomite Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Hulsite Humite Kaolinite Kieserite Ludwigite
Marcasite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc Tochilinite Tourmaline Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	13354	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	13351,13354	9052
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	13354,13355	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	13351,13354,13355	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	13351,13352,13353,13354	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	13354	27198
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	13354	236
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	13351	382
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	13351,13354	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	13351,13354,13355	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	13354	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	13351	484
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	1	13354	52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	13353,13354	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	13354,13355	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	13351	7437
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	13354	61
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	13354	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	13351	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	13354	741
Hulsite ()*	Hulsite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	13354	15
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1	13354	80
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	13351	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	13351	5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	13351,13354	359
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	2	13354,13355	134
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	13351	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	13350,13351,13353,13354,13355	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	13351	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	13351	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	13353	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	13351,13352,13353	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	13350,13353,13354	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	13351,13353	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	13351,13353,13354	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	13351,13352,13353,13354	61156
Schoenfliesite ()*	Perovskite	MgSn(OH)₆	1	13351	10
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	13353	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	13351,13354	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	13354	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	13351	2045
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	2	13354,13355	87
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	13351	139
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	13351,13354	3337
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	1	13354	56
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	13351,13354	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	13354,13355	1395
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	13355	62
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	13355	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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