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Locality Name:
North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 358.9

mindat Locality ID: 131623
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131623.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Carbine Mine (Great Northern Creek)
Hecla Mine
Kapi Mine
Melba Mine
Nevada Creek
Ramsdale Mine
Renison Bell Mine (Renison Mine)
Ringville
Serpentine Hill
Wallace's Prospect

Latitude: 41°50'18"S
Longitude: 145°26'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.838333333333,145.44388888889

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cylindrite	Dundasite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Linarite	Ludwigite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt Ru S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cylindrite Dundasite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hydrotalcite Linarite Ludwigite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Vesuvianite Vivianite Wollastonite Zircon

80 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Canfieldite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Crocoite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Fluorophlogopite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Laurite ()*	Linarite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Palladium ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stichtite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valentinite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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	419.2	358.9	1	13363	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	419.2	358.9	1	13358	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	419.2	358.9	1	13363	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	419.2	358.9	1	13363	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	419.2	358.9	1	13363	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	1	13361	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	419.2	358.9	2	13357,13363	9052
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	419.2	358.9	1	13360	450
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	419.2	358.9	1	13363	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	419.2	358.9	4	13357,13362,13363,13365	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	419.2	358.9	2	13360,13365	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	419.2	358.9	1	13358	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	1	13363	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	419.2	358.9	1	13363	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	1	13359	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	419.2	358.9	5	13357,13358,13362,13363,13365	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	419.2	358.9	2	13361,13368	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	419.2	358.9	3	13361,13367,13368	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	419.2	358.9	1	13361	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	419.2	358.9	1	13363	1008
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	419.2	358.9	1	13358	344
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	419.2	358.9	1	13359	81
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	419.2	358.9	1	13363	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	419.2	358.9	1	13363	648
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	419.2	358.9	1	13359	97
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	419.2	358.9	1	13363	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	9617
Fluorophlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	47
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	419.2	358.9	1	13363	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419.2	358.9	4	13357,13358,13360,13363	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	419.2	358.9	2	13363,13366	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	419.2	358.9	1	13363	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	419.2	358.9	1	13363	1544
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	209
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	419.2	358.9	1	13363	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	419.2	358.9	3	13357,13358,13370	784
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	419.2	358.9	2	13366,13369	226
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	419.2	358.9	1	13359	987
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	419.2	358.9	2	13361,13368	359
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	419.2	358.9	1	13363	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	419.2	358.9	2	13363,13368	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	419.2	358.9	1	13366	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	419.2	358.9	1	13363	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	17380
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	419.2	358.9	1	13363	176
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	419.2	358.9	1	13363	2349
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	419.2	358.9	2	13366,13369	59
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	419.2	358.9	1	13358	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	419.2	358.9	1	13363	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	419.2	358.9	2	13366,13369	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	419.2	358.9	5	13357,13358,13363,13365,13370	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	419.2	358.9	1	13368	89
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	419.2	358.9	1	13359	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	419.2	358.9	1	13363	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	419.2	358.9	4	13357,13362,13363,13370	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	1	13363	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	419.2	358.9	1	13363	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	419.2	358.9	1	13363	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	2	13357,13363	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	419.2	358.9	3	13357,13358,13363	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	419.2	358.9	1	13363	668
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	419.2	358.9	2	13361,13368	43
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	419.2	358.9	1	13362	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	419.2	358.9	3	13357,13363,13365	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	419.2	358.9	1	13363	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	419.2	358.9	1	13363	2562
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	419.2	358.9	2	13362,13365	369
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	419.2	358.9	1	13363	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	419.2	358.9	1	13363	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	419.2	358.9	1	13363	636
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	419.2	358.9	1	13363	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	419.2	358.9	1	13363	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dating Method	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
Cr-00042	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Crocoite	Cr	179	Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00044	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Chromite, Stichtite	Cr	6729	Nevada Creek, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00045	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Chromite, Stichtite	Cr	46481	Tunnel Hill Quarry, Serpentine Hill, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060675	Nevada Creek, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	https://rruff.info/R060675

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