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Pyrrhotite from
Koonya prospect, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Prospect
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 Koonya prospect, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:959646
Long-form Identifier:1:3:959646:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘRosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
3.5km (2.1 miles) ⓘColebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘRenison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
11.5km (7.2 miles) ⓘRazorback mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘCuni mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘNickel Reward (Melbourne Copper-Nickel Mine), Cuni mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘMt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
19.7km (12.3 miles) ⓘQueen Hill, Heemskirk Tin Project, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
19.7km (12.3 miles) ⓘSevern deposit, Heemskirk Tin Project, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘSylvester skarn (Balstrup fault), Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Hall, S. (1990). The Koonya Prospect, Rosebery, Tasmania (Doctoral dissertation, University of Tasmania.).
 
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