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Locality Name:
Orepuki, Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 31185
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31185.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orepuki, Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gemstone Beach
Longwood Range Peridotite Outcrops
Orepuki Coal Mines (Hennessy's)
Orepuki Oil Shale

Latitude: 46°16'16"S
Longitude: 167°45'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -46.271111111111,167.76305555556
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 Ca Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Na O Pt S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O Pt S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGypsumMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRutileVesuvianiteZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Aspidolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Iridium  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aspidolite  (*)Mica ClayNaMg3(Si3Al)O10(OH)218809011
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218809027198
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS188090124
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31880891797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1880898173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O188090345
Gold  (*)CopperAu288089,8809030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Iridium  (*)CopperIr188090162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe288089,88090128
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21880905800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21880902273
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2288090,8809239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81880909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218808961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2188090337
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101880891395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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