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Locality Name:
Gorge River, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 2439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gorge River, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°11'20"S
Longitude: 168°18'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -44.188888888889,168.305
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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pt S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pt S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteNonePentlandite
PerovskiteRocksaltSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Awaruite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Siderite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe0166
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)0703


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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