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Locality Name:
West Tamar Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 290891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Tamar Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Beaconsfield District
Tamar Valley

Latitude: 41°14'8"S
Longitude: 146°52'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.235555555556,146.86694444444

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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteHydrotalcite
MelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaNatroliteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSerpentine
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteVesuvianite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Iridium  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O213408,134101627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2213400,134013092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS213400,134019052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31134011935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)313400,13401,1340427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1134044979
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4413397,13400,13401,134063902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4113397951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81133971756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1133971025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61133974135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2213400,134049895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6113397944
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS213401,1340424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu413400,13401,13402,1340630554
Iridium  (*)CopperIr113397162
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4113397359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4213397,1339814899
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O113401915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24213400,13401158
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2213400,1340117380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O213409,134101236
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2313400,13401,1340439462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O11339789
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2313400,13401,1340661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1134006417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1134042473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS313400,13401,1340421482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101133971395
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1133971025



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