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Locality Name:
Rosebery Mine (EZ Mine), Rosebery, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 65284
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65284.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 41°46'59"S
Longitude: 145°31'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.783055555556,145.51666666667

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAlstoniteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCorundumCubaniteEnargiteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGeocronite
HarmotomeHexahydriteKobelliteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltRutileSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmanniteWurtzite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Alstonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Bianchite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celsian  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Danalite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jordanite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Maldonite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S54149502793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS35414950315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)54149508803
Alstonite  (*)AlstoniteBaCa(CO3)2541495024
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS54149509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)541495011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2541495083
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O541495040
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi54149501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S354149501935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S115414950843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS354149501089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)541495027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO254149505171
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)5414950100
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2541495027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S55414950344
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S35414950802
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S541495058
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)254149509895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS45414950910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF254149509617
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS35414950105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS541495024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu541495030554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O5414950188
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O5414950290
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S5414950237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3541495014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O354149505433
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S235414950105
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35541495087
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)25414950234
Lead  (*)CopperPb5414950192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4541495014899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi541495088
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S245414950158
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS25414950300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2541495017380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS354149501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2541495039462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO35414950244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S854149509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2541495061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)54149501711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)5414950969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO254149505614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)54149506417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)354149501214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS541495021482
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS4541495048
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1354149501803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1354149505317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O54149504899
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS5414950293
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)5414950251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00042541495Cambrian        65284Rosebery Mine (EZ Mine), Rosebery, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, AustraliaRosebery-ReadMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


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