Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cuni Mineral Field (Nine Mile Mineral Field), Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 214151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214151.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuni Mineral Field (Nine Mile Mineral Field), Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Nickel Reward (Melbourne Copper-Nickel Mine)
North Cuni Mine
Vaudeau Mine (Melbourne Copper-Nickel South; Vaudeau Shaft; Vaudeau Ore Body; Vaudeau Workings; Vaudeaus Shaft)

Latitude: 41°50'26"S
Longitude: 145°23'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.840555555556,145.39111111111

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.

Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Cubanite	Marcasite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Annabergite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: As Au Cu Fe H Ni O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe H Ni O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcopyrite Copper Cubanite Marcasite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel Vivianite Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		445
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	0		246
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	13329,13331	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	13329	802
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	13329	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	13329	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	0		1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	13329,13331	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	13329	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	13329	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	13329	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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