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:
Bendigo, Central Otago District, Otago Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 298962
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298962.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bendigo, Central Otago District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alta Mine
Aurora Mine
Colchough's Mine (Lucknow Company)
Come In Time Mine
Logan's Mine (Cromwell Company)
Rise And Shine Mine

Latitude: 44°56'9"S
Longitude: 169°22'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -44.935833333333,169.38222222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Al As Au C Ca Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Fe H K O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica None Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	87712	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	87712	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	87709,87712	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87712	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	87711	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	87707,87708,87709,87710,87711,87712	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87712	17380
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	0		428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	87711,87712	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	87709,87711,87712	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	87712	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	0		1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	87711	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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