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


mindat Locality ID: 205679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scamander District, Break O'Day Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hogans Road
Orieco Mine

Latitude: 41°23'59"S
Longitude: 148°7'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.399722222222,148.12277777778
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: 

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)4112799246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1127999052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21127995509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41127995516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61127991633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O112799925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O11279991
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1127995707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211279927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1127991382
Copper  (*)CopperCu1127993846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1127994165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1127992970
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)112799220
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1127997437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1127996890
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O11279975
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O112799593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211279912537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O112799915
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6112799254
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O112799428
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S511279927
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1127991153
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1127991101


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