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Pyrrhotite from
Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1979043
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1979043:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
24.9km (15.5 miles) ⓘSlaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘMount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘStormont mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
32.1km (20.0 miles) ⓘArthur River Magnesite Deposit, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘAnio Creek prospect, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
37.4km (23.2 miles) ⓘMt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
39.8km (24.8 miles) ⓘMt Ramsay mine, Mt Ramsay, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
42.8km (26.6 miles) ⓘLord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
46.8km (29.1 miles) ⓘMt Youngbuck skarn, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
52.2km (32.5 miles) ⓘFiretower prospect, Lower Beulah, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Anon (2013) research report on lab test of mineral processing for tungsten ore from Tasmania, Australia. Unpub. Report of Tasmania Mines, Guangzhou Research Institute of Non- ferrous metals.
 
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