Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blue Jacket Tin Mine (Blue Jacket Reef), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 424
Youngest recorded age at locality: 416

mindat Locality ID: 208028
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208028.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Jacket Tin Mine (Blue Jacket Reef), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°51'12"S
Longitude: 147°31'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.853333333333,147.52944444444

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.

Alluaudite	Apatite	Arrojadite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Carminite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Lazulite
Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphosiderite	Quartz	Reddingite	Rockbridgeite	Rutile
Tourmaline	Triplite	Wagnerite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alluaudite ()*	Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bertossaite ()*
Brazilianite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Heterosite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phosphoferrite ()*
Phosphosiderite ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorzalite ()*	Strengite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Triplite ()*	Whitmoreite ()*
Wolfeite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As B Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alluaudite Apatite Arrojadite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Carminite Clay Columbite Feldspar Lazulite
Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphosiderite Quartz Reddingite Rockbridgeite Rutile
Tourmaline Triplite Wagnerite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	424	416	8803
Alluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaMnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃	424	416	94
Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*	Arrojadite	(KNa)Fe²⁺(CaNa₂)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	424	416	50
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	424	416	9052
Bertossaite ()*	Carminite	Li₂CaAl₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₄	424	416	6
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	424	416	59
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	424	416	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	424	416	518
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	424	416	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	424	416	2740
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	424	416	204
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	424	416	945
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	424	416	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	424	416	17380
Phosphoferrite ()*	Reddingite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·3H₂O	424	416	31
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	424	416	182
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	424	416	89
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	424	416	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	424	416	206
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	424	416	2705
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	424	416	60
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	424	416	263
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	424	416	211
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	424	416	233
Whitmoreite ()*	Arthurite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	424	416	36
Wolfeite ()*	Wagnerite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	424	416	43
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	424	416	5251

2 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
	PRSV127_55-001	424	416	420 ± 4	Th/U/Pb	Age of pegmatite		monazite			Yes				269853	Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia	Knocker pegmatite	Eagle et al. (2015)	10.1071/RS15018	PRSV127_55	age of Knocker pegmatite, aslo stated that the age is proxy for Mount Willis which is undated
	Scott-PRSV127_55-0001	424	416	420±4	Th-U-Pb	age of intrusion		monazite			Yes		Alluaudite, Amblygonite, Fluorapatite, Heterosite, Lazulite, Montebrasite, Purpurite, Triplite, Wolfeite, Zwieselite, Scorzalite	Ca, Mn, P, O, F, Fe, Al, K, Na, H, Li	269853	Knocker Dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Glen Wills, Mt Wills Mining District, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia	Knocker Pegmatite	Eagle et al. (2015)	10.1071/RS15018	PRSV127_55	P. 66

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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