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Locality Name:
Aniseed Valley, Nelson Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 282794
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282794.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aniseed Valley, Nelson Region, New Zealand": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Champion Copper Mine
Monster Mine
Roding River
United Mine

Latitude: 41°22'44"S
Longitude: 173°15'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.378888888889,173.25138888889
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 Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCorundum
CyanotrichiteEpidoteGarnetGypsumMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineQuartz
Vesuvianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4187598246
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3187598544
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6287598,875991633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18760127770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O187598925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1875985707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2387598,87600,8760227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O287598,876013531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O187598295
Copper  (*)CopperCu387598,87599,876013846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O487598,87599,87600,876012970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2187598179
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1875988173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)187599371
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31875981544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1875996890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3287598,8760114640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O187598593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2487598,87599,87600,8760112537
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)218759834
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8387598,87600,876029056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218760161156
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101875981395


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