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Locality Name:
Mt Lindsay Mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay Mineral Field, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 132880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Lindsay Mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay Mineral Field, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°43'27"S
Longitude: 145°25'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.724166666667,145.42194444444

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 B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sn Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sn Ti W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApophylliteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteGarnetHulsiteIlvaiteLudwigiteNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRutileScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStilpnomelaneTalcTitanite
VesuvianiteWollastonite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Bavenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Danalite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gedrite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hulsite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)0255
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S058
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)0498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O0303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20178
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S0237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hulsite  (*)HulsiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)015
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)0197
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O0456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)062
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247



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