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Locality Name:
Scottsdale District, Dorset Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 131621
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131621.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scottsdale District, Dorset Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Forester Goldfield
Kapai Quarry
Lisle Goldfield
Mount Stronach
Tulendeena
Waterhouse Goldfield
West Scottsdale

Latitude: 41°7'55"S
Longitude: 147°34'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.131944444444,147.57111111111
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMolybdeniteNatrolite
NoneOlivinePharmacosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzSapphirine

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gold  (*)Gonnardite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Philipsbornite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhönite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sekaninaite  (*)Tin  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS212979,129859052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61129872060
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O112979150
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11298027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1129794979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211298227198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31129811797
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1129871188
Gold  (*)CopperAu312979,12981,1298530554
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O112987167
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31129875433
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)112982123
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21129825800
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1129871236
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O112985428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)611297951
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2212979,1298539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2212979,1298561156
Rhönite  (*)SapphirineCa4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]11298747
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O212979,129851153
Sekaninaite  (*)BerylFe2+2Al4Si5O1811298135
Tin  (*)NoneSn11298163


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