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Locality Name:
Aorere Goldfield, Tasman Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 283490
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283490.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aorere Goldfield, Tasman Region, New Zealand": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Aorere River Public Gold Fossicking Site- Area A
Aorere River Public Gold Fossicking Site- Area B
Appos Flat
Bedstead Gully
Boulder River
Cole Creek
Copper Mine
Eliot Creek
Johnston's United Mine (Perseverance)
Ophir Mine
Phoenix Mine
Red Hill Mine
Richmond Hill
Rocky River
Snow River

Latitude: 40°47'35"S
Longitude: 172°35'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.793055555556,172.59805555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper
Cubanite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Copper
Cubanite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	88146,88147	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	88152	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88152	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	88147,88151,88153	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	88152	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	88146	1966
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2	88151,88153	843
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	88152	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	88147,88152	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	88146,88147,88153	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	88147	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	88152	3902
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	88146	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	88152	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	88152	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	88146,88147,88151,88153	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	88152	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	12	88139,88140,88141,88142,88143,88144,88147,88148,88149,88150,88154,88155	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	88151,88153	784
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	88152	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88152	14899
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	2	88151,88153	158
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	88146	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	88146,88147	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	88152	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	88146,88147,88151,88152,88153	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	88146,88152	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	88144,88147,88149,88150,88152	61156
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	2	88151,88153	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	88153	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	88146,88147,88151,88153	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88152	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	88147,88151,88153	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	88152	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	88152	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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