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Locality Name:
Sams Creek, Cobb Valley, Tasman Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 297403
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297403.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sams Creek, Cobb Valley, Tasman Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°3'57"S
Longitude: 172°45'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.065833333333,172.75555555556
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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparMicaNickeline
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)20375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


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