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Locality Name:
Rossarden District, Northern Midlands Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 147130
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147130.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rossarden District, Northern Midlands Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine)
Great Republic Mine
Rex Hill Mine (Mt Rex Mine)
Storeys Creek Mine
Tasmanian United Uranium Mine

Latitude: 41°40'36"S
Longitude: 147°42'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.676666666667,147.71166666667
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 Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBerylBournoniteCalcite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCompreignaciteCorundumCubaniteFeldsparFluoriteGypsum
KaňkiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSchoepiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteTopazTripliteWurtzite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Compreignacite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cuprotungstite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glauberite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Ianthinite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaňkite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Threadgoldite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Triplite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21131923092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS213192,131949052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1131961272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11319211547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18213192,131934286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi313192,13194,131951966
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31131921089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11319227770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS611319491
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2413192,13193,13194,131955171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O113192925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2213194,1319527198
Compreignacite  (*)CompreignaciteK2(UO2)6O4(OH)6·7H2O11319627
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181131921008
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3113194802
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)211319567
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21131929895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1131922740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2313192,13194,131969617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS313192,13194,1319524243
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2113192137
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1131956890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3213192,1319514640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)113192469
Ianthinite  (*)NoneU4+2(UO2)4O6(OH)4·9H2O11319631
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61131922228
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O11319238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411319414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2213192,131955674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2213192,13195252
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)213193,131944924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21131925800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2313192,13194,1319517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1131942349
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O113196144
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O113192309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2313192,13194,1319539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8213192,131959056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2313192,13194,1319561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1131921711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)213192,131954894
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)611319694
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1131926417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS313192,13194,1319521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4213192,13195668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131131925317
Threadgoldite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH)·8H2O1131969
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21131921476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1131961059
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F113192233
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21131962718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O113196890


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