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Locality Name:
Corinna-Savage River District, Circular Head Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 147134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Corinna-Savage River District, Circular Head Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bowry Creek (Long Plains) Magnesite Deposit
Corinna
Corinna Silica Mine (Cominex Mine)
Long Plains Goldfield
Long Plains Magnetite Prospect
Main Creek Magnesite Deposit
Reece Dam (Lower Pieman Dam)
Rocky River Mine
Savage River Mines
Specimen Reef Mine
Whyte River

Latitude: 41°34'30"S
Longitude: 145°9'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.575,145.16611111111

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 Au B Ba C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Na Ni O Os P S Si Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApatiteBaryteBranneriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiamondDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
GypsumHydrotalciteKaoliniteLudwigiteMalachiteMicaMilleriteMonaziteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRutileSerpentineSkutteruditeSpinel
TalcTitaniteTourmalineTurquoiseVivianiteZircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Barroisite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferri-winchite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Geikielite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Osmium  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Winchite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)2312914,12916,129183419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)212916,129188803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O112918470
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21129182162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1129181588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21129183092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O112917445
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2112918718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4312914,12917,12918708
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2212916,1291849
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11291811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41129185516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6112919248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61129181633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11291827770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O112918925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2312914,12917,1291827198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8112918577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41129183902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8212914,129181756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1129181025
Copper  (*)CopperCu1129183846
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2112918327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1129182970
Diamond  (*)DiamondC112910697
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S212917,129181027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61129184135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2412908,12914,12918,129199895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)112918648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)212916,129188173
Ferri-winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)211291816
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1129182740
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO311291870
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3112918504
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2112916286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1129187437
Gold  (*)CopperAu712910,12911,12913,12917,12918,12919,1292030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1129182812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31129181544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1129186890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3212914,1291814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31129185433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr112910162
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41129185591
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)112918134
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4112918229
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2112918238
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)211291893
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)412908,12914,12915,129181487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4312914,12917,1291814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211291812537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1129181066
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)112918945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2212916,1291817380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs112917633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3112917176
Osmium  (*)NoneOs112910169
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS112917767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2312914,12917,1291839462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O11291889
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3112918244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2512911,12912,12915,12918,1291961156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O11291866
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21129185614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1129182705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1129186417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4112917249
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3112917531
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2312915,12917,129183337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1129184899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2212914,129182562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O112918484
Winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)211291851
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1129185251



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