Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alexandra, Central Otago District, Otago Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alexandra, Central Otago District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Alexandra Antimony Mine
Alpine Mine
Bald Hill Flat (Mitchell's Cottage; Fruitlands)
Buckleys Mine (Earnscleugh)
Butchers Point (Butchers Gully)
Clyde Mine
Conroys Gully
Dairy Creek Mine
Dan Gully
Doctors Point
Dunstan Lead
Earnscleugh Dredge
Galt's Reef
Linger And Die
Manorburn
Ngapara
Omeo Gully
Potters No. 2
Richmond Hill (The Sandpit)
Royal Terrace (Alexandra Holiday Park)
Shek Harn
Thompsons Mine (Thomsons; Alexandra)
Tucker Hill
White's Mine

Latitude: 45°15'54"S
Longitude: 169°20'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.265,169.33861111111

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.

Aragonite	Copper	None	Quartz	Stibnite

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: Au C Ca O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Copper None Quartz Stibnite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Gold ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*
Valentinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	87682	352
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	17	87683,87684,87686,87688,87690,87691,87692,87693,87694,87696,87697,87699,87700,87701,87702,87704,87705	30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	87682,87694	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	87682	3418
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	87682	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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