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Locality Name:
Arrow Junction Quarry, Arrow Junction, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 28335
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28335.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arrow Junction Quarry, Arrow Junction, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°58'56"S
Longitude: 168°51'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -44.982222222222,168.85361111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArdenniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
NoneQuartzRutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ardennite-(As)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Hematite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Ardennite-(As)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(AsO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)6034
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0260
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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