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Locality Name:
Macraes (Macraes Flat), Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 143346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macraes (Macraes Flat), Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Macraes Mine

Latitude: 45°22'7"S
Longitude: 170°27'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.368611111111,170.45111111111
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 Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparGypsum
KaoliniteMicaNonePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheelite
SpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1879698803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS387969,87975,879809052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11187969843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)287969,8797527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218796927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41879693902
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1879698173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O187975484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18796924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1087969,87970,87971,87972,87974,87975,87977,87978,87979,8798030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1879692812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1879756890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41879695591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218796917380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O187975428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2387969,87975,8798039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2387969,87975,8798061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)187975969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21879695614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)287969,879754894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1879751153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1879696417
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21879693337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1879694899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1879695251


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