Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 15363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15363.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Otago District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 106
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 96

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Alexandra
Bendigo
Cromwell
Hawkdun Range
Idaburn
Lindis Valley (Lindis Hotel Ruins; Camp Creek)
Nevis Valley
Ophir (Blacks; Omakau)
Ranfurly
Roxburgh
St. Bathans

Latitude: 45°3'44"S
Longitude: 169°32'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.062222222222,169.54305555556

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anapaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Axinite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87714	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	87712,87714	8803
Anapaite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	87745	25
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4	87712,87714,87738,87762	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87681	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9	87706,87709,87712,87714,87716,87722,87728,87738,87745	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	2	87733,87759	260
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	87714	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	87706,87712,87714,87786	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	87682	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	87714	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	87745,87763	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	87745,87759	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	87714,87745	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	87706,87711,87714	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	87716	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	80	87683,87684,87686,87688,87690,87691,87692,87693,87694,87696,87697,87699,87700,87701,87702,87704,87705,87706,87707,87708,87709,87710,87711,87712,87714,87715,87716,87718,87719,87720,87721,87722,87723,87724,87725,87726,87727,87728,87729,87730,87731,87732,87735,87736,87737,87738,87740,87741,87743,87744,87745,87746,87747,87749,87750,87752,87753,87754,87755,87756,87758,87760,87762,87763,87764,87766,87767,87769,87773,87774,87775,87776,87777,87779,87780,87782,87783,87784,87785,87786	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	87714	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	87713	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	87716,87745	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	87714	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	87716	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	87714,87738,87752,87753,87756,87762	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	87754	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	87745	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	87712,87714,87738	17380
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	87706	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	87706,87711,87712,87714,87716,87738,87745	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	87714	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	87682,87694,87706,87709,87711,87712,87714,87715,87716,87718,87722,87723,87728,87736,87737,87738,87740,87741,87743,87745,87749,87750,87752,87753,87754,87756,87762,87763,87769,87779,87783,87786	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	87712,87714	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	87714,87762	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	87706	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	87706,87714,87716	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	87706,87711,87714	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	87716	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	87682,87716	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	87714	456
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	87716	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	87714	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	87714	4899
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	2	87682,87716	369
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	87714	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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