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Phlogopite from
Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Phlogopite
Formula:KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phlogopite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:64423
Long-form Identifier:1:3:64423:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Phlogopite
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘMt Ramsay mine, Mt Ramsay, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘRosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
46.9km (29.2 miles) ⓘShepherd and Murphy Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
51.1km (31.7 miles) ⓘSt Dizier mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
52.8km (32.8 miles) ⓘQueen Hill, Heemskirk Tin Project, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
53.4km (33.2 miles) ⓘBig H prospect, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
53.4km (33.2 miles) ⓘSevern deposit, Heemskirk Tin Project, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘAvebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘViking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
60.0km (37.3 miles) ⓘOrient Mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Bottrill, unpub.
Wright, J. H., Kwak, T. A. P. (1989) Tin-bearing greisens of Mount Bischoff, northwestern Tasmania, Australia. Economic Geology, 84 (3) 551-574 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.84.3.551
Bottrill, Ralph S. (2018) A mineralogical field guide to Tasmania for the IMA Conference 2018. Tasmanian Geological Survey Record UR2018/02.
 
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