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Locality Name:
Macraes Mine, Macraes (Macraes Flat), Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 58531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macraes Mine, Macraes (Macraes Flat), Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Coronation North Pit
Coronation Pit
Deepdell Pit (Maritana; Golden Bell)
Frasers Pit
Golden Bar Pit
Golden Point Mine
Golden Ridge Pit
Innes Mills Pit
Round Hill Pit
Southern Pit
Taylors Prospect (Home Reef)

Latitude: 45°22'7"S
Longitude: 170°27'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.368611111111,170.45138888889
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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparGypsum
KaoliniteMicaNonePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheelite
SpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS287975,879809052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18797527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O187975484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu987970,87971,87972,87974,87975,87977,87978,87979,8798030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1879756890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O187975428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2287975,8798039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2287975,8798061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)187975969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1879754894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1879751153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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