Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Spray Mine, 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: 194522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194522.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 41°53'22"S
Longitude: 145°18'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.889444444444,145.31138888889

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	383	359	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	383	359	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	383	359	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	383	359	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	383	359	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	383	359	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	383	359	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	359	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	359	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	383	359	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	383	359	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	383	359	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	383	359	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	383	359	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	383	359	5317

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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