Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Grieves Siding Prospect, Zeehan Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 132889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grieves Siding Prospect, Zeehan Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°59'41"S
Longitude: 145°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.994722222222,145.36666666667

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baileychlore ()*	Chromite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Franklinite ()*	Galena ()*	Gunningite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hendricksite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kegelite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Chlorite Clay Copper Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Kieserite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	383	359	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	383	359	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	383	359	1588
Baileychlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Zn,Fe²⁺,Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	383	359	16
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	383	359	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	383	359	9895
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	383	359	49
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄	383	359	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	383	359	24243
Gunningite ()*	Kieserite	Zn(SO₄)·H₂O	383	359	48
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	383	359	6890
Hendricksite ()*	Mica	KZn₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	383	359	9
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	383	359	5591
Kegelite ()*	None	Pb₄Al₂Si₄O₁₀(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₄	383	359	4
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	383	359	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	383	359	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	383	359	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	359	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	359	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	383	359	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	383	359	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	383	359	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	383	359	2045

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00019	383	359	Late Devonian							Yes				16479	Allison's Lode (Monroe's Mine ?), Comstock Mine (Zeehan Comstock), Zeehan Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Comstock	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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