Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Colebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 4420
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4420.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°47'46"S
Longitude: 145°29'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.796111111111,145.49638888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Danburite
Gadolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Danburite ()*	Datolite ()*
Diopside ()*	Galena ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Millerite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Axinite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Danburite
Gadolinite Malachite Marcasite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Spangolite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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