Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 125
Youngest recorded age at locality: 125

mindat Locality ID: 15238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Blackhead Quarry
Doctors Point
Hindon
Hyde
Lee Creek
Leith Valley Quarry
Logan Point Quarry
Middlemarch
Otago Peninsula
Port Chalmers
Pulling Point
Saddle Hill

Latitude: 45°45'43"S
Longitude: 170°27'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.761944444444,170.45972222222

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Natrolite
None	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Thomsonite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Aluminoceladonite ()*	Analcime ()*
Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Böhmite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Opal ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhönite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Cancrinite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Harmotome Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Natrolite
None Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Thomsonite Tridymite Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	87854	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]			1	87847	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	87849	8803
Aluminoceladonite ()*	Mica	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)Al(Si₄O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	87854	12
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			2	87852,87854	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	125	125	1	87836	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	87846,87855	3250
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	125	125	0		295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	125	125	2	87836,87851	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	87857	2060
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)			1	87856	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	87833,87852	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	125	125	0		232
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O			1	87833	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	125	125	2	87836,87851	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	125	125	1	87836	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	87854	160
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	125	125	1	87836	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	125	125	2	87833,87836	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	125	125	10	87836,87837,87838,87839,87840,87842,87843,87844,87851,87853	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O			1	87833	167
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	87849	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	87851	14640
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂			1	87857	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	125	125	3	87836,87849,87854	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	87851,87857	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	125	125	1	87836	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	125	125	2	87836,87849	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	87833	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			2	87854,87857	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	87834	2994
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	125	125	1	87836	428
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O			1	87833	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	125	125	5	87833,87836,87839,87851,87853	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	125	125	5	87836,87839,87844,87849,87851	61156
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]			1	87857	47
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	125	125	1	87836	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	87854	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	125	125	2	87836,87844	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	125	125	1	87836	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	125	125	2	87833,87836	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	125	125	1	87836	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	125	125	2	87836,87839	3418
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	87833	452
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	87851	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Jen_0001435	125	125	125		age of mineralization		scheelite				Scheelite			246332	Barewood Reefs, Hindon, Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand	Barewood	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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