Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Champion Copper Mine, Aniseed Valley, Nelson Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15364
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15364.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Champion Copper Mine, Aniseed Valley, Nelson Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Champion Copper Mine Smelter Slag Locality

Latitude: 41°22'16"S
Longitude: 173°17'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.371111111111,173.28944444444

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.

Allophane	Atacamite	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite
Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Vesuvianite

Antlerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cyanotrichite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite
Epidote Garnet Gypsum Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Vesuvianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	0		246
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0		544
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	87599	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	0		295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	87599	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	87599	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	0		179
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	87599	371
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	87599	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	0		593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	87599	12537
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		34
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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