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Locality Name:
Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°25'59"S
Longitude: 145°25'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.433055555556,145.43305555556
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 C Ca Cd Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteClayCopperGypsumLepidocrocite
MicaMonaziteNoneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSymplesiteVivianiteWurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)
Köttigite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Proustite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O0197
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)081
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS062
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4073
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O060
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Massicot  (*)NonePbO0202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl20142
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O092


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