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Locality Name:
Wakamarina Goldfield (Canvastown), Marlborough Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 248836
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248836.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wakamarina Goldfield (Canvastown), Marlborough Region, New Zealand": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Alford's Mine (Mountain Camp)
Empire City Mine
Golden Bar Mine
Smile Of Fortune Mine

Latitude: 41°21'47"S
Longitude: 173°37'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.363055555556,173.63222222222
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 Au B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAxiniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePrehnitePyriteQuartzScheeliteStilpnomelaneTitanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Titanite  (*)
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)21875923419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)287590,875928803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21875923092
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2187592260
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)287590,8759227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2287590,8759227198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1875921025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)287590,875928173
Gold  (*)CopperAu287590,8759230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1875922812
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21875925674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2287590,8759217380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21875921898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2287590,8759239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8287590,875929056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2287590,8759261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)287590,875924894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31875921214
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O287590,87592456
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1875924899


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