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Locality Name:
Greenhills, Invercargill City, Southland Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 284819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenhills, Invercargill City, Southland Region, New Zealand": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
City Corporation Quarry
Colyers Island (Cow Island; Jones Island)
Dunite Quarry
Greenhills Quarry
Long Point
Shag Point
Steep Head
Un-named Quarry

Latitude: 46°32'56"S
Longitude: 168°16'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -46.548888888889,168.28194444444

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 Au B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparGarnetHydrotalciteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
SerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalcTitaniteTourmaline

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Edenite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pargasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Stichtite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1880371036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2188034718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1880343250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)388034,88036,8803827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218803827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41880373902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4188034951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81880371756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)288034,880361025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6288034,880374135
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2188037160
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6188037944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1880358173
Gold  (*)CopperAu18803430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31880385433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1880381271
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2188037238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1880341487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418803714899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1880364924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1880371508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218803617380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1880362349
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2188037313
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21880371898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218803839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2388035,88036,8803861156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1880362705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1880386417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51880361516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31880361214
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O18803343
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21880343337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1880334899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21880342562
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)218803773



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