Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cobb Valley, Tasman Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15368
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15368.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cobb Valley, Tasman Region, New Zealand": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Cloustons Mine
Cobb Asbestos Mine
Cobb Magnesite Quarry
Cobb Nickel Prospects
Cobb Serpentinite
Sams Creek
Takaka Valley
Takaka Valley And Cobb Igneous Complex
Trilobite Rock

Latitude: 41°6'35"S
Longitude: 172°41'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.109722222222,172.69805555556

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Marcasite
Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Vivianite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Marcasite
Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Vivianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	88170	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	88170	8803
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	88169	445
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	88171	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	88170	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	88170	2060
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	88171,88172	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	88168,88169,88170,88172	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	88172	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	88166,88172	951
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	88170	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	88170,88172	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	88170	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	88170	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	4	88167,88168,88169,88172	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88170	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	88172	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	88172	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88170	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	88168,88169,88172	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	88170	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	88172	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	88170,88172	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	88168,88169,88170,88172	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	88167,88170,88172	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	88170	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	88170	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	88170	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	88170	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	88167,88168,88169,88172	3337
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88166	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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