Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blue Tier District, Break O'Day Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 147139
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147139.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Tier District, Break O'Day Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Blue Tier Tinfield
Goulds Country
Little Plains Quarry (Lottah Road Quarry; Fieldwicks Quarry; Weldborough Pass Quarry)
Lottah
Moorina
Poimena

Latitude: 41°12'16"S
Longitude: 147°59'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.204444444444,147.98805555556

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.

Acanthite	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gismondine	Gmelinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Topaz
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gmelinite-Ca ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sellaite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Topaz ()*
Torbernite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Analcime Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Feldspar Fluorite Gismondine Gmelinite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Topaz
Wurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	12785	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12785	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	12783	1627
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	12781,12785	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	12785	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	12785	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	12785	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12783	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	12781,12782,12785	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	12785	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	12785	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	12781	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	12785	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	12785	802
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	12785	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	12785	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	12785	24243
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	12783	128
Gmelinite-Ca ()*	Gmelinite	Ca₂(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	1	12783	20
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	12783	167
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12785	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	12782,12785	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	12785	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	12783	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12785	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	12785	2273
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	12785	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	12785	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	12785	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	12785	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	12782,12785	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12783	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	12783	301
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	12781	1153
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	1	12785	46
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	12785	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	12785	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	12785	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	12783	452
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	12785	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	12785	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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