Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cowan Creek, Burke River, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cowan Creek, Burke River, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°'19"S
Longitude: 169°15'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -44.005277777778,169.25555555556

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	Baotite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baotite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Norsethite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baotite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Baotite ()*	Baotite	Ba₄(Ti,Nb,W)₈O₁₆(SiO₃)₄Cl	27
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	79
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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