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Locality Name:
Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary 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: 176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°53'7"S
Longitude: 145°25'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.885277777778,145.42888888889

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Diaspore	Dundasite	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Mica	Monazite	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Crocoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Philipsbornite ()*	Phosgenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Coronadite Diaspore Dundasite Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Mica Monazite None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	419.2	358.9	2734
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	419.2	358.9	450
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	419.2	358.9	197
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	419.2	358.9	1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	419.2	358.9	3902
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	419.2	358.9	227
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	419.2	358.9	81
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	419.2	358.9	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	419.2	358.9	97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419.2	358.9	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	419.2	358.9	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	419.2	358.9	7437
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	419.2	358.9	144
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	419.2	358.9	581
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	419.2	358.9	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	419.2	358.9	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	419.2	358.9	767
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	419.2	358.9	51
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	419.2	358.9	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	419.2	358.9	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	419.2	358.9	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	419.2	358.9	21482

12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
Cr-00032	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Chromite, Crocoite, Grimaldiite, Magnesiochromite, Petterdite, Stichtite, Reynoldsite	Cr	175	Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00033	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy		Chromite, Crocoite, Stichtite	Cr	176	Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00034	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite	Cr	157591	Andersons Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00035	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite, Stichtite	Cr	132794	Bonanza Mine (Lucky Star Mine), Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00036	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite	Cr	16755	Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00037	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite	Cr	213783	Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00038	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite	Cr	50643	Kosminsky Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00039	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite	Cr	6727	Platt Prospect, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00040	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite, Grimaldiite, Petterdite, Stichtite, Reynoldsite	Cr	178	Red Lead Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00043	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Chromite, Magnesiochromite, Stichtite	Cr	183	Stichtite Hill, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00041	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite, Stichtite	Cr	7202	West Comet Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1
Cr-00042	419.2	358.9	Stratigraphy	Yes	Crocoite	Cr	179	Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Reid (1925)	DMF1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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