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Locality Name:
Mt Lindsay Mineral Field, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 309925
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309925.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Lindsay Mineral Field, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mt Lindsay Mine (Parsons Hood)

Latitude: 41°43'27"S
Longitude: 145°25'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.724166666667,145.42194444444

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 B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sn Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApophylliteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteGarnetHulsiteIlvaiteLudwigiteNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRutileScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStilpnomelaneTalcTitanite
VesuvianiteWollastonite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Bavenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Danalite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gedrite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hulsite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21132653419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1132658803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31132651534
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2113265718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1132659052
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)113265255
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11326527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21132655171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211326527198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181132651008
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S11326558
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)113265498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61132654135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21132659895
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O113265303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21132659617
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2113265178
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31132651544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2113265209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6113265741
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S113265237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311326514640
Hulsite  (*)HulsiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)11326515
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)113265197
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411326514899
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1132652349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211326539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81132659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211326561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21132655614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1132654894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1132656417
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4113265668
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O113265456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21132653337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1132654899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101132651395
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)11326562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31132651247



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