Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Zeehan Queen Mine ("Sylvester-Queen"), Zeehan Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 185703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zeehan Queen Mine ("Sylvester-Queen"), Zeehan Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pyromorphite Lode

Latitude: 41°52'59"S
Longitude: 145°18'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.883055555556,145.30833333333

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	Baryte	Monazite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Cl Cr H O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Baryte Monazite None Quartz Rocksalt

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Crocoite ()*	Galena ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	383	359	1	13394	81
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	383	359	1	13394	24243
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	383	359	1	13394	82
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	383	359	1	13394	170
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	383	359	1	13394	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	359	1	13394	61156

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00019	383	359	Late Devonian							Yes				16479	Allison's Lode (Monroe's Mine ?), Comstock Mine (Zeehan Comstock), Zeehan Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Comstock	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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