Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dorset Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 293785
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293785.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dorset Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Blue Tier District
Branxholm
Derby
Gladstone District
Pioneer Tin Field
Scottsdale District
Waterhouse District
Winnaleah District

Latitude: 41°3'59"S
Longitude: 147°48'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.066388888889,147.80166666667

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pectolite
Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Sodalite	Spinel	Topaz	Tridymite
Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Annite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Edenite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Philipsbornite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhönite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sekaninaite ()*
Siderophyllite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tin ()*	Topaz ()*
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Olivine Pectolite
Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Sodalite Spinel Topaz Tridymite
Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	12990	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12992	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	12990	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	12990	356
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12990	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	12979,12985	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	12987	2060
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	1	12979	150
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12980	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	8	12967,12968,12970,12973,12974,12975,12976,12992	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	12979	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	12982	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	4	12967,12968,12976,12981	1797
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12990	160
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	12990	371
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12990	38
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	12990	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	12987	1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	12974,12979,12981,12985	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	12987	167
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12990	209
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	12990	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	12987	5433
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	1	12982	123
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	12975,12992	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	12982	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	12973,12974,12975	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	12987	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	12990	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	12974,12975	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	12990	363
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	12985	428
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	12979	51
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	12979,12985,12992	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	12971,12973,12974,12975,12979,12985,12992	61156
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	1	12987	47
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	12992	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12990	598
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	12979,12985	1153
Sekaninaite ()*	Beryl	Fe²⁺₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	12981	35
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	12990	92
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	12990	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	12967,12976	1934
Tin ()*	None	Sn	1	12981	63
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	12967,12974,12975	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	12967,12968,12976	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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