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:
Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alaska Mine
Amateur Mine
Bonnie Jean Mine
Davidsons Mine
Invincible Mine
Mt Judah Mine (State Mine)
Mt Larkins Mine
Mt McIntosh Mine
Paradise Mine (State Mine)

Latitude: 44°49'9"S
Longitude: 168°26'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -44.819166666667,168.43972222222

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	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Titanite

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	87893	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	87893,87894,87897	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	87893,87894	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	87893	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	87893	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	87893	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	87894	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87893	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	87893,87894	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	87893,87897	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	87893,87894,87897	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	87894	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	7	87889,87890,87891,87894,87895,87896,87897	4894
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	87893,87894	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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