Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tullah, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 502
Youngest recorded age at locality: 502

mindat Locality ID: 147137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tullah, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mount Farrell Mine
Murchison Gorge
North Mount Farrell Mine

Latitude: 41°44'27"S
Longitude: 145°37'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.740833333333,145.63194444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	13312	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	502	502	1	13311	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	502	502	1	13311	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	13312	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	502	502	2	13311,13312	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	13312	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	502	502	2	13311,13313	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	13312	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	502	502	1	13311	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	13312	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	13312	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	502	502	2	13311,13312	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	13312	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	502	502	1	13311	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	502	502	1	13311	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	502	502	1	13311	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00037	502	502	Cambrian										S	28505	Mount Farrell Mine, Tullah, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Farrell	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

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