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:
Parapara River (Richmond Hill Porphyry), Richmond Hill, Aorere Goldfield, Tasman Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parapara River (Richmond Hill Porphyry), Richmond Hill, Aorere Goldfield, Tasman Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°46'16"S
Longitude: 172°39'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.771111111111,172.65555555556

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Brucite Calcite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Serpentine Spinel Talc

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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