Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Williamsford, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 147132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Williamsford, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mt Read

Latitude: 41°50'34"S
Longitude: 145°30'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.842777777778,145.51583333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Dundasite	Fluorite	Linarite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Allophane ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dundasite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gold ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Linarite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Dundasite Fluorite Linarite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	541	495	1	13300	470
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	541	495	1	13299	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	541	495	1	13300	2734
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	541	495	1	13300	718
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	541	495	2	13300,13301	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	541	495	1	13300	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	541	495	1	13300	843
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	541	495	1	13300	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	541	495	1	13300	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	502	502	1	13301	27198
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	541	495	1	13300	97
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	541	495	1	13300	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	495	2	13300,13301	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	541	495	1	13300	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	541	495	2	13300,13301	30554
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	541	495	1	13301	234
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	541	495	1	13300	987
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	541	495	1	13300	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	495	1	13300	17380
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	541	495	1	13300	170
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	541	495	1	13300	309
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	541	495	1	13300	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	541	495	1	13300	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	495	2	13300,13301	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	495	2	13299,13300	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	541	495	1	13300	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	541	495	2	13300,13301	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	495	2	13300,13301	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	541	495	2	13300,13301	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	541	495	1	13300	372

2 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
	vms-00039	541	495	Cambrian											11806	South Hercules Gold Deposit, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Hercules	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00043	502	502	Cambrian										S	11806	South Hercules Gold Deposit, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	South Hercules	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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