Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
King Lyell, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 502
Youngest recorded age at locality: 502

mindat Locality ID: 271528
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271528.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "King Lyell, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°3'56"S
Longitude: 145°35'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -42.065555555556,145.59277777778

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	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: Al C Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Digenite Kaolinite Mica None
Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	502	502	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	502	502	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	502	502	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	502	502	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	502	502	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	502	502	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	502	502	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	502	502	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	502	502	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	502	502	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	502	502	17380
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	502	502	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	502	502	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	502	502	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
	vms-00040	502	502	Cambrian							Yes			S	5774	Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Mount Lyell	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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