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Locality Name:
Granville Mine (Granville East Prospect), Mt Heemskirk Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 146054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granville Mine (Granville East Prospect), Mt Heemskirk Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°47'55"S
Longitude: 145°5'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.798611111111,145.085
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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteClayCopiapiteDiasporeEpsomiteGypsumKaolinite
KieseriteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNonePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RutileSerpentineSpinelSulphurTalc

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schoenfliesite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Schoenfliesite  (*)PerovskiteMgSn(OH)6010
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562


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