Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tyndall Valley, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 194968
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194968.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tyndall Valley, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Anthony Road
Henty Mine
Tyndall Mine (Mount Tyndall Copper Mine)

Latitude: 41°52'13"S
Longitude: 145°34'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.870277777778,145.57944444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Fluorite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*
Tsumoite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Fluorite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Topaz

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	13316	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	13316	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	13316	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	13316,13317	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	13315	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	13316	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	13316,13317	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	13316	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	13316	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	13316,13317	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	13316,13317	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	13317	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	13316	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	13317	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	13316	1476
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1	13316	100

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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