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Locality Name:
Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 358.9

mindat Locality ID: 16755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Comet Mine
Maestries Mine

Latitude: 41°52'39"S
Longitude: 145°26'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.8775,145.44527777778

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 C Ca Cl Cr Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cl Cr H O Pb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteDundasiteMonaziteNonePyritePyrochlore
Rocksalt

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Galena  (*)
Massicot  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)419.2358.91133382734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS419.2358.91133379052
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7419.2358.9113338450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)419.2358.911333727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)419.2358.9213337,133384979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl419.2358.901382
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)419.2358.9081
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2419.2358.91133379895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O419.2358.9097
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS419.2358.911333824243
Massicot  (*)NonePbO419.2358.9113338202
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2419.2358.9113338142
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2419.2358.911333739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl419.2358.91133381725
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)419.2358.91133376417



12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Cr-00032419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesChromite, Crocoite, Grimaldiite, Magnesiochromite, Petterdite, Stichtite, ReynoldsiteCr175Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00033419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesChromite, Crocoite, StichtiteCr176Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00034419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoiteCr157591Andersons Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00035419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoite, StichtiteCr132794Bonanza Mine (Lucky Star Mine), Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00036419.2358.9 Stratigraphy     CrocoiteCr16755Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00037419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoiteCr213783Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00038419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoiteCr50643Kosminsky Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00039419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoiteCr6727Platt Prospect, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00040419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoite, Grimaldiite, Petterdite, Stichtite, ReynoldsiteCr178Red Lead Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00043419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesChromite, Magnesiochromite, StichtiteCr183Stichtite Hill, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00041419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoite, StichtiteCr7202West Comet Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 
Cr-00042419.2358.9 Stratigraphy    YesCrocoiteCr179Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia Reid (1925) DMF1 


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