Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nevis Valley, Central Otago District, Otago Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nevis Valley, Central Otago District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lower Nevis
Upper Nevis

Latitude: 45°16'28"S
Longitude: 168°55'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.274444444444,168.92111111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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 Ca Fe H Hg O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Fe H Hg O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anapaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anapaite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	0		25
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0		2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	87746,87747	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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