Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boss Mine, Zeehan Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 242788
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242788.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boss Mine, Zeehan Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°53'40"S
Longitude: 145°17'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.894444444444,145.28888888889

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.

Calcite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: C Ca Fe Mg O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	383	359	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	383	359	24243
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	383	359	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	383	359	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	359	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	383	359	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	383	359	21482

1 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
	sedznpb-00019	383	359	Late Devonian							Yes				16479	Allison's Lode (Monroe's Mine ?), Comstock Mine (Zeehan Comstock), Zeehan Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Comstock	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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