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Locality Name:
Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 125
Youngest recorded age at locality: 125

mindat Locality ID: 15238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Blackhead Quarry
Doctors Point
Hindon
Hyde
Lee Creek
Leith Valley Quarry
Logan Point Quarry
Middlemarch
Otago Peninsula
Port Chalmers
Pulling Point
Saddle Hill

Latitude: 45°45'43"S
Longitude: 170°27'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.761944444444,170.45972222222

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteCancriniteChabaziteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumDiasporeFeldsparHarmotomeKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMicaNatrolite
NonePharmacosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSapphirineScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteThomsoniteTridymiteZircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)Aluminoceladonite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Böhmite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Edenite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gonnardite  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Opal  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phillipsite-K  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhönite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61878541022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]187847133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1878498803
Aluminoceladonite  (*)MicaK(Mg,Fe2+)Al(Si4O10)(OH)218785412
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O287852,878541627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21251251878363092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)287846,878553250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)21251250295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS125125287836,878519052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61878572060
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)187856195
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)287833,8785227770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O1251250232
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O187833310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125125287836,8785127198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21251251878369895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2187854160
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12512518783624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)125125287833,878367437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1251251087836,87837,87838,87839,87840,87842,87843,87844,87851,8785330554
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O187833167
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1878491398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318785114640
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2187857179
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4125125387836,87849,878545591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4287851,8785714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212512518783612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125125287836,8784917380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1878331236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)287854,87857884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1878342994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O125125187836428
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O18783371
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125125587833,87836,87839,87851,8785339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125125587836,87839,87844,87849,8785161156
Rhönite  (*)SapphirineCa4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]18785747
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21251251878365614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)187854598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)125125287836,878444894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1251251878361153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)125125287833,878366417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12512518783621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3125125287836,878393418
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O187833452
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1878515251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0001435125125125 age of mineralizationscheelite   Scheelite  246332Barewood Reefs, Hindon, Dunedin City, Otago Region, New ZealandBarewoodPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 


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