Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


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

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 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: 
AllophaneAmphiboleArsenopyriteAxiniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperDanburite
GadoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSpangoliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTourmaline

32 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
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)203419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)20260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O80148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)0498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O0105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...