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Locality Name:
Magnet, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 285875
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285875.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magnet, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Magnet Mine

Latitude: 41°25'58"S
Longitude: 145°25'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.432777777778,145.43277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteClayCopperGypsumLepidocrocite
MicaMonaziteNoneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSymplesiteVivianiteWurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)
Köttigite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Proustite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1132412793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1132412734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1132419052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11113241843
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1132414979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O113241197
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1132411382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41132413902
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)11324181
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21132419895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11324124243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS113241717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1132416890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS11324162
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O411324173
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O11324160
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)113241581
Massicot  (*)NonePbO113241202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1132411107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211324117380
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2113241142
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3113241733
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211324161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1132416417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1132415186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11324121482
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O11324192


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