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:
Oban, Stewart Island, Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 263468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oban, Stewart Island, Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Golden Bay
Kaipipi Bay (Kai-ipipi Bay)
Leask Bay
Lee Bay
Lonnekers Beach
Ringaringa Beach
Ryans Creek

Latitude: 46°53'45"S
Longitude: 168°7'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -46.895833333333,168.11861111111

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.

Beryl	Clay	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Tourmaline

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 B Be Fe H Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Tourmaline

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	88105	4286
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88110	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	88109,88111	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	88108	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	88106	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	88105	2705

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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