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Locality Name:
Snug, Kingborough Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 293825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Snug, Kingborough Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Red Hill

Latitude: 43°3'47"S
Longitude: 147°13'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.063055555556,147.22555555556
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 Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteBaddeleyiteBrauniteChalcopyriteCorundumNickelineNoneOlivinePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteZirconZirconolite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Edenite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tranquillityite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61131412060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2113141238
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211314127198
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2113141160
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)113141371
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1131412740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11314124243
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2113141209
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31131415433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411314114899
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6113141303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211314139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81131419056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211314161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11314121482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1131414899
Tranquillityite  (*)BrauniteFe2+8Ti3Zr2Si3O2411314117
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1131415251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7113141140


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