Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Karamea, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 282566
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282566.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karamea, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Karamea Bend (Big Bend)
Mount Radiant
Roaring Lion River
Taipo Spur

Latitude: 41°19'51"S
Longitude: 172°21'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.330833333333,172.36444444444

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.

Arsenic	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar
Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Epidote Feldspar
Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	88554	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	88554,88558	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	88555	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	88557	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	88558	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	88555	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	88555	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	88554,88555,88556,88557,88558	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	88555	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2	88554,88558	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	88555	2970
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	88555	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88558	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	88554,88556,88557	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88558	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	88554,88556,88557,88558	14899
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	88555	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5	88554,88555,88556,88557,88558	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	88554,88556,88558	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	88554,88556	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	88555,88556,88557,88558	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	88554,88556,88557,88558	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	88554,88556,88558	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	88558	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	88554,88556,88557,88558	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	88554	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	88555	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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