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Salisbury gold field, Salisbury Hill (Blue Tier), Beaconsfield district, West Tamar municipality, Tasmania, Australiai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 14' 51'' South , 146° 50' 33'' East
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An abandoned lode gold field ~6km SW of Beaconsfield; includes the Salisbury, Victoria, Duchess Of York, etc .

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3 valid minerals.

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β“˜ Chromite ?
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Description: It should be noted that Gee & Ledge only indicate that "chromium minerals" were found here.
Reference: Gee, R.D., Legge, P.J. (1979) Beaconsfield. Geological Survey Explanatory Report: Geological Atlas 1 mile series. Zone 7 sheet 30 (8215N). (second edition) Tasmania Department of Mines, 125 pages.
β“˜ Gold
Formula: Au
Reference: Dana 6:A2:60. Gee, R.D., Legge, P.J. (1979) Beaconsfield. Geological Survey Explanatory Report: Geological Atlas 1 mile series. Zone 7 sheet 30 (8215N). (second edition) Tasmania Department of Mines, 125 pages.
β“˜ 'Monazite'
Formula: REE(PO4)
Reference: Gee, R.D.; Legge, G.P., 1974; Geological Survey Explanatory Report. Geological Atlas 1 mile series, Zone 7 Sheet 30 (8215N). Beaconsfield. Geol. Surv. Tasm.
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Gee, R.D., Legge, P.J. (1979) Beaconsfield. Geological Survey Explanatory Report: Geological Atlas 1 mile series. Zone 7 sheet 30 (8215N). (second edition) Tasmania Department of Mines, 125 pages.
β“˜ 'Sclerospathite'
Reference: Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 529.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
β“˜Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Chromite ?4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
β“˜'Monazite'-REE(PO4)
β“˜'Sclerospathite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ MonaziteREE(PO4)
Oβ“˜ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
Pβ“˜ MonaziteREE(PO4)
CrChromium
Crβ“˜ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Feβ“˜ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
AuGold
Auβ“˜ GoldAu

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Gee, R.D., Legge, P.J. (1979) Beaconsfield. Geological Survey Explanatory Report: Geological Atlas 1 mile series. Zone 7 sheet 30 (8215N). (second edition) Tasmania Department of Mines, 125 pages.
Dana 6:A2:60.
Palache, C., Berman, H., Frondel, C. (1951) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pages at p.529.

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