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Locality Name:
Aberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden District, Northern Midlands Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 6728
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6728.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden District, Northern Midlands Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°39'36"S
Longitude: 147°45'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.66,147.75055555556
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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteClay
ColumbiteCorundumFluoriteKaňkiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteTopazTriplite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glauberite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaňkite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Triplite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)20137
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)0469
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O038
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS20252
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F0233


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