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Locality Name:
Wilson River Mineral Field, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 132795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilson River Mineral Field, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°44'31"S
Longitude: 145°24'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.741944444444,145.4025

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 Au Cr Cu Fe Ir Ni O Os Pb Rh Ru S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Cr Cu Fe Ir Ni O Os Pb Rh Ru S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAuricuprideCopperCovelliteNonePerovskiteRocksaltSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Auricupride  (*)Awaruite  (*)Chromite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Iridium  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nickel  (*)Osmium  (*)
Rhodium  (*)Rutheniridosmine  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Zinc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Auricupride  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteCu3Au024
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe0166
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Iridium  (*)CopperIr0162
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Nickel  (*)CopperNi057
Osmium  (*)NoneOs0169
Rhodium  (*)CopperRh017
Rutheniridosmine  (*)None(Ir,Os,Ru)047
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu046
Zinc  (*)NoneZn052



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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