Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Stichtite Hill, 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: 183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stichtite Hill, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°53'3"S
Longitude: 145°26'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.884166666667,145.43472222222

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.

Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Hydrotalcite	None	Serpentine	Spinel
Woodwardite

Albite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mountkeithite ()*
Pyroaurite ()*	Stichtite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Hydrotalcite None Serpentine Spinel
Woodwardite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	419.2	358.9	8803
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	419.2	358.9	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	419.2	358.9	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	419.2	358.9	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	419.2	358.9	1025
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	419.2	358.9	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	419.2	358.9	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	419.2	358.9	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	419.2	358.9	14899
Mountkeithite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Mg_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	419.2	358.9	4
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	419.2	358.9	89
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	419.2	358.9	43

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	Yes	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		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

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