Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Naracoopa Rutile Mine (Kibuka Mines; Naracoopa Mineral Sands Mine), Naracoopa, King Island, King Island Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 263365
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263365.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Naracoopa Rutile Mine (Kibuka Mines; Naracoopa Mineral Sands Mine), Naracoopa, King Island, King Island Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°53'"S
Longitude: 144°6'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -39.883333333333,144.1

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.

Corundum	None	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Tivanite	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 Cr Fe H Mg O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cr Fe H Mg O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum None Rutile Spinel Staurolite Tivanite Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pseudorutile ()*	Rutile ()*
Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pseudorutile ()*	Tivanite	Fe³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	30
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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