Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bridgewater, Brighton Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 214149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bridgewater, Brighton Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Boral Quarry

Latitude: 42°43'33"S
Longitude: 147°15'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -42.725833333333,147.25138888889

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12808	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	12808	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12808	27770
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	12808	144
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	12808	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	12808	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	12808	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	12808	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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