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Locality Name:
North Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 502
Youngest recorded age at locality: 502

mindat Locality ID: 132653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°3'"S
Longitude: 145°35'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -42.05,145.58333333333
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: Ag Al As B Ba Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDigeniteFluoriteMolybdeniteNonePyritePyrophyllite
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTourmaline

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Betekhtinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Magnesio-foitite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)502502011547
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15502502045
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS450250205516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S50250205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2502502027198
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S50250201027
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF250250209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS502502024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3502502014640
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S45025020249
Magnesio-foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)502502022
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8502502092
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS250250205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2502502039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)25025020771
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS502502021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS5025020332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1350250201803


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00040502502Cambrian     Yes S5774Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, AustraliaMount LyellMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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