Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Upper Forth Valley, Meander Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 215380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Forth Valley, Meander Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Oakleigh Creek Mine (Mt Pelion Wolfram Mine)

Latitude: 41°46'32"S
Longitude: 146°1'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.775555555556,146.03138888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Sphalerite	Topaz

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Sphalerite Topaz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	13161	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	13161	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	13161	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	13161	9617
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	13161	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	13161	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	13161	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	13161	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	13161	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	13161	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...