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Locality Name:
Hampshire District, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 147119
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147119.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hampshire District, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Guilford
Hampshire Silver Mine
Kara Mines
Unnamed Pit

Latitude: 41°17'18"S
Longitude: 145°46'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.288333333333,145.78222222222

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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAnalcimeAnthoiniteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteCancrinite-sodalite
ChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
IlvaiteMalachiteMeneghiniteMolybdeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartz
RutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilbiteTengeriteThomsonite
TitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Anthoinite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baileychlore  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Danalite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Kimuraite-(Y)  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mpororoite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stellerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Takanelite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
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)21128143419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3112814315
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O212811,128161627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3312812,12814,128151534
Anthoinite  (*)AnthoiniteAlWO3(OH)311281414
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)212811,128143250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1128129052
Baileychlore  (*)Chlorite Clay(Zn,Fe2+,Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)811281416
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)112814255
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31128141935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)212811,1281427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21128145171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1128144979
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O11281166
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211281427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1128143531
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S11281458
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61128144135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1128148173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O112812345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1128142740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O212814,12816303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21128149617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1128147437
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O112811167
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2112814209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6112814741
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S112814237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311281414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1128141689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61128141066
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)112814197
Kimuraite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteCaY2(CO3)4·6H2O11281410
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1128121271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4312812,12814,1281514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211281412537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl212812,128141107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21128145800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O212811,128141508
Mpororoite  (*)AnthoiniteAl2O(WO4)2·6H2O1128145
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2212811,1281439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1128141725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211281461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1128141711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2112814454
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O112816301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)212814,128154894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11281421482
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O112812189
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)112814156
Takanelite  (*)None(Mn2+,Ca)2x(Mn4+)1-xO2·0.7H2O11281418
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O112812452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1128144899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21128142562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10212812,128141395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31128141247



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