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Locality Name:
Hercules Mine, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 11803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hercules Mine, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°50'24"S
Longitude: 145°30'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.84,145.51638888889
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteClayCopper
DundasiteFluoriteLinariteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibnite
TetrahedriteWurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Gold  (*)Linarite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O5414950470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)54149502734
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)25414950718
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)541495011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S354149501935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S115414950843
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)654149501633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)54149504979
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O541495097
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF254149509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS541495024243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)35414950504
Gold  (*)CopperAu541495030554
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)25414950987
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl54149501107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2541495017380
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)65414950170
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O5414950309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS35414950733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS354149501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2541495039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2541495061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)54149501711
Silver  (*)CopperAg54149505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS541495021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1354149505317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS5414950372


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-00039541495Cambrian     Yes  11806South Hercules Gold Deposit, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, AustraliaHerculesMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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