Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nelson Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 15379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nelson Region, New Zealand": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aniseed Valley
Collins Valley Serpentine Mine
Dun Mountain
Enner Glynn Mine
Pepin Island
Whangamoa

Latitude: 41°15'6"S
Longitude: 173°23'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.251666666667,173.39472222222

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Beryl	Brochantite	Brucite	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dioptase ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Langite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Zaratite ()*

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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Atacamite Beryl Brochantite Brucite Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sepiolite Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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	87603	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	87603,87606	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	87606	1310
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	299	252	2	87604,87606	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	87603	708
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄			1	87598	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	87603	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	87598	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	87603,87606	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	299	252	1	87604	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	87598,87599	1633
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	299	252	1	87604	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	87601,87606	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	299	252	1	87604	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	87598	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	299	252	2	87598,87604	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	87598,87600,87602,87606,87607	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	87603,87607	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			3	87597,87598,87601	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	299	252	2	87603,87604	951
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			1	87598	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	299	252	6	87597,87598,87599,87601,87604,87607	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	87606	1008
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	299	252	6	87597,87598,87599,87600,87601,87604	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂			1	87598	179
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	299	252	3	87603,87604,87606	4135
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	299	252	1	87604	164
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	87598,87603,87606	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	87599	371
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	87598,87606	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	87599	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	87598,87601,87606	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	299	252	1	87604	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	87603,87607	5433
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	87598	593
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	87603	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	87603,87606	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			5	87597,87598,87599,87600,87601	12537
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	87598	34
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	87603,87606	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	87606	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	87607	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	87603,87606	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	87603,87606,87607	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	87598,87600,87602	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	87601,87603,87606	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	299	252	1	87604	241
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	87603	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	87606	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	87598	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	299	252	1	87604	1247
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	299	252	1	87604	56

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Kristen002447	Dun Mountain Ophiolite Complex related to Red Hills Ultramafic Intrusion by Nelson segment of Alpine Fault

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002447	299	252	Permain									Awaruite, Wairauite		5923	Dun Mountain, Nelson Region, New Zealand	Dun Mountain Ophiolite Complex	Coombs et al. (1976)	10.2475/ajs.276.5.561	AJS276_561

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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