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Locality Name:
Orieco Mine, Scamander District, Break O'Day Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 192431
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192431.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orieco Mine, Scamander District, Break O'Day Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°25'11"S
Longitude: 148°12'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.419722222222,148.21305555556
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 Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteArsenopyriteBrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDevilline
DiasporeGypsumKtenasiteMalachiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideriteRocksalt

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Duftite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Roxbyite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)40246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O091
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O075
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60254
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5027
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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