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Locality Name:
Otago Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 125
Youngest recorded age at locality: 125

mindat Locality ID: 15458
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15458.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Otago Region, New Zealand": 324
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 277

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Central Otago District
Clutha District
Dunedin City
Queenstown-Lakes District
Waitaki District

Latitude: 45°23'50"S
Longitude: 169°50'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.397222222222,169.83583333333
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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArdenniteArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryte
BerylBournoniteCalciteCancriniteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbite
CopperCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteErioniteFeldspar
GarnetGypsumHarmotomeKaoliniteLepidocrociteLeucophosphiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltRutileSapphirineScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelane
SulphurTalcTaranakiteTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTridymiteZircon

112 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Akatoreite  (*)Alabandite  (*)
Albite  (*)Aluminoceladonite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anapaite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Ardennite-(As)  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Barroisite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Böhmite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Caryopilite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coombsite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Edenite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Erionite-Ca  (*)Erionite-K  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Mullite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Parsettensite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phillipsite-K  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Rhönite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Taranakite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tinzenite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2387714,87831,878693419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6287832,878541022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]287832,87847133
Akatoreite  (*)Not in a structural groupMn2+9Al2Si8O24(OH)81877883
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS187788312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1087712,87714,87830,87849,87867,87869,87893,87914,87916,879698803
Aluminoceladonite  (*)MicaK(Mg,Fe2+)Al(Si4O10)(OH)218785412
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O587832,87852,87854,87984,880021627
Anapaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O18774525
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312512501534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2125125987712,87714,87738,87762,87799,87836,87923,87924,879603092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)487681,87846,87855,879973250
Ardennite-(As)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(AsO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)618786734
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2125125187832295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1251252787706,87709,87712,87714,87716,87722,87728,87738,87745,87821,87836,87851,87888,87893,87894,87897,87923,87931,87942,87943,87944,87960,87969,87975,87980,87985,879919052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6487791,87857,87965,879962060
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2287733,87759260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)218778888
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)218789849
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)287984,8800211547
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)187856195
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11187969843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3287680,877141089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1987706,87712,87714,87786,87831,87833,87852,87867,87893,87894,87923,87949,87965,87969,87975,87984,87997,88002,8800327770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O125125187832232
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)418783183
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4287682,87824352
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O187833310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125125987714,87830,87836,87851,87867,87916,87923,87965,8796927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4287922,879693902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS587745,87763,87794,87814,878292600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81878851756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)387745,87759,878301025
Coombsite  (*)NoneKMn2+13(Si,Al)18O42(OH)141878313
Copper  (*)CopperCu1878673846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18287792,877931008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3287812,879661797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS387830,87867,879164165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2287792,87793453
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1878671027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61879654135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2125125287836,879659895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2187854160
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6187965944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1187714,87745,87830,87869,87885,87893,87914,87916,87949,87967,879698173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O187975484
Erionite-Ca  (*)ErioniteCa5[Si26Al10O72]·30H2O18798431
Erionite-K  (*)ErioniteK10[Si26Al10O72]·30H2O18798422
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1878312740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS125125887706,87711,87714,87836,87923,87969,87985,8799124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)125125387716,87833,878367437
Gold  (*)CopperAu12512517787683,87684,87686,87688,87690,87691,87692,87693,87694,87696,87697,87699,87700,87701,87702,87704,87705,87706,87707,87708,87709,87710,87711,87712,87714,87715,87716,87718,87719,87720,87721,87722,87723,87724,87725,87726,87727,87728,87729,87730,87731,87732,87735,87736,87737,87738,87740,87741,87743,87744,87745,87746,87747,87749,87750,87752,87753,87754,87755,87756,87758,87760,87762,87763,87764,87766,87767,87769,87773,87774,87775,87776,87777,87779,87780,87782,87783,87784,87785,87786,87805,87806,87807,87808,87810,87811,87812,87814,87815,87816,87817,87818,87820,87821,87822,87823,87824,87825,87826,87828,87836,87837,87838,87839,87840,87842,87843,87844,87851,87853,87868,87871,87872,87873,87874,87875,87877,87878,87879,87880,87882,87883,87884,87893,87900,87902,87903,87904,87905,87906,87908,87911,87913,87915,87917,87919,87920,87923,87924,87927,87931,87936,87937,87938,87939,87940,87941,87942,87943,87944,87945,87947,87948,87952,87955,87958,87960,87967,87969,87970,87971,87972,87974,87975,87977,87978,87979,87980,87981,87985,87986,87987,87988,87990,87991,87992,8799330554
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O287833,88002167
Graphite  (*)NoneC587714,87830,87893,87916,879692812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O387713,87824,879756890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1878491398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3587716,87745,87851,87867,8794914640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4187965407
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)187788469
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH187914367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3287714,879655433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61877162228
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2487857,87964,87965,87996179
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41251251487714,87738,87752,87753,87756,87762,87790,87799,87836,87849,87854,87894,87923,879695591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2187831234
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O187791110
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1877541487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4787745,87791,87851,87857,87924,87965,8796714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212512518783612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21878305674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O287965,879961508
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)18779378
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125125987712,87714,87738,87830,87836,87849,87893,87960,8796917380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O287833,880021236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)287854,87857884
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O187984471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O387834,87963,879972994
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O18783143
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O125125387706,87836,87975428
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O287833,8798471
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)287867,87869260
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21878311898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21251253487706,87711,87712,87714,87716,87738,87745,87799,87808,87821,87830,87833,87836,87839,87851,87853,87893,87894,87916,87923,87931,87942,87943,87944,87960,87965,87969,87975,87980,87984,87985,87991,87997,8800239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21877883106
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3187965341
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3187788147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8587714,87830,87893,87897,879169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21251258687682,87694,87706,87709,87711,87712,87714,87715,87716,87718,87722,87723,87728,87736,87737,87738,87740,87741,87743,87745,87749,87750,87752,87753,87754,87756,87762,87763,87769,87779,87783,87786,87788,87790,87793,87799,87801,87805,87806,87808,87810,87811,87812,87814,87816,87818,87820,87821,87822,87823,87824,87826,87830,87831,87836,87839,87844,87849,87851,87867,87869,87872,87873,87885,87888,87893,87894,87897,87905,87914,87916,87923,87931,87942,87943,87944,87960,87965,87967,87969,87975,87980,87983,87985,87991,8800361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)387788,87831,878691711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)787788,87818,87831,87869,87949,87975,87985969
Rhönite  (*)SapphirineCa4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]18785747
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2125125687712,87714,87836,87867,87894,879695614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)187854598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1251251987714,87762,87814,87816,87821,87822,87824,87836,87844,87888,87889,87890,87891,87894,87895,87896,87897,87969,879754894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O125125487706,87836,87975,879851153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)125125987706,87714,87716,87830,87833,87836,87969,87997,880036417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3587788,87831,87867,87869,879491214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS125125987706,87711,87714,87830,87836,87916,87923,87985,8799121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4287965,879961934
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)187716446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3125125787682,87716,87824,87836,87839,87985,879913418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O287714,87916456
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1877162045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21879693337
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O18779157
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131877145317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O187833452
Tinzenite  (*)AxiniteCa2Mn2+4Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)218778824
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O787714,87830,87885,87893,87894,87914,879694899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O187788433
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3287682,87716369
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)587714,87812,87851,87967,879695251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0001435125125125 age of mineralizationscheelite   Scheelite  246332Barewood Reefs, Hindon, Dunedin City, Otago Region, New ZealandBarewoodPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060230Akatore Creek, Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealandhttps://rruff.info/R060230
R060836Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealandhttps://rruff.info/R060836

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