Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

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

mindat Locality ID: 19265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19265.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fossey Mine

Latitude: 41°34'43"S
Longitude: 145°43'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.578611111111,145.71666666667

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	502	502	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	502	502	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	502	502	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	502	502	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	502	502	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	502	502	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	502	502	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	502	502	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	502	502	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	502	502	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	502	502	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	502	502	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	502	502	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	502	502	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	502	502	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	502	502	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	502	502	5317

2 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-00038	502	502	Cambrian										S	19265	Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Hellyer	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00041	502	502	Cambrian										S	19265	Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah District, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Que River	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

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