Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gillespie's Beach, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 25972
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25972.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gillespie's Beach, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°24'28"S
Longitude: 169°49'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.407777777778,169.82861111111

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.

Copper	Corundum	Monazite	None	Rutile	Scheelite	Zircon

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: Au Ca Fe O Si Sn Th Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ca Fe O Si Sn Th Ti W Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Corundum Monazite None Rutile Scheelite Zircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Cassiterite ()*	Gold ()*	Huttonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Thorite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Huttonite ()*	Monazite	Th(SiO₄)	37
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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