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Locality Name:
Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 30420
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30420.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°55'49"S
Longitude: 145°10'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.930277777778,145.18027777778

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteAuricuprideBruciteCalciteClayDiasporeHydrotalciteMillerite
NonePentlanditePerovskitePyriteRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalc

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Brucite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Galena  (*)Gaspéite  (*)Goethite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Reevesite  (*)
Shandite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Zaratite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe0166
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gaspéite  (*)CalciteNi(CO3)022
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S20205
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4087
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O40311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O048
Shandite  (*)NoneNi3Pb2S2014
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O056



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070090Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australiahttps://rruff.info/R070090


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