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Locality Name:
Cobb Valley, Tasman Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 15368
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15368.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cobb Valley, Tasman Region, New Zealand": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Cloustons Mine
Cobb Asbestos Mine
Cobb Magnesite Quarry
Cobb Nickel Prospects
Cobb Serpentinite
Sams Creek
Takaka Valley
Takaka Valley And Cobb Igneous Complex
Trilobite Rock

Latitude: 41°6'35"S
Longitude: 172°41'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.109722222222,172.69805555556

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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMarcasite
MelanteriteMicaNickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcVivianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61881701022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1881708803
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O188169445
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2188171718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1881709052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61881702060
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3288171,881721935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2488168,88169,88170,8817227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41881723902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4288166,88172951
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18817024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu288170,8817230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1881702812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31881705433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)488167,88168,88169,881721487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418817014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21881725674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O188172915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218817017380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8388168,88169,881721512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21881702273
Platinum  (*)CopperPt188172485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2288170,8817239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8488168,88169,88170,881729056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2388167,88170,8817261156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2188170375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21881705614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1881706417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18817021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2488167,88168,88169,881723337
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1881661025



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