Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Queenstown, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 192926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queenstown, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Big Beach
Cowcliff Hill
Five Mile Creek Public Fossicking Area
Moke Creek Prospect
Moonlight Creek
Oxenbridge Tunnel
Seven Mile Creek
Tucker Beach Public Fossicking Area
Twelve Mile Creek Public Fossicking Area

Latitude: 45°'13"S
Longitude: 168°39'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.003611111111,168.6625

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.

Apatite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stilpnomelane	Titanite

Albite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Feldspar Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stilpnomelane Titanite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	87914,87916	8803
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	87916	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	87916	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	87914,87916	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	87913,87915,87917,87919,87920	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	87916	2812
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	87914	367
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	87916	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	87916	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	87914,87916	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	87916	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	87916	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	87914	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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