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:
Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 286552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bonanza Mine (Lot's Wife)
Dunback
Duntroon
Kakanui
Livingstone Diggings
Macraes (Macraes Flat)
Maerewhenua Diggings
Moeraki
Moeraki Point
Nenthorn Goldfields
Oamaru
Palmerston
Ram Rock Quarry
Round Hill

Latitude: 45°15'12"S
Longitude: 170°40'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.253333333333,170.67583333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Epsomite	Erionite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Kaolinite
Mica	Natrolite	None	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite-K ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Phillipsite-K ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Epsomite Erionite Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Kaolinite
Mica Natrolite None Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Titanite Zircon

50 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)	1	87969	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	87984,88002	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	87960	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87997	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	87960,87969,87975,87980,87985,87991	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	87965,87996	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	87984,88002	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	87969	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	87965,87969,87975,87984,87997,88002,88003	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	87965,87969	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	87969	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	87966	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	87965	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	87965	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	87965	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	87967,87969	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	87975	484
Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite	Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	87984	31
Erionite-K ()*	Erionite	K₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	87984	22
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	87969,87985,87991	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	87960,87967,87969,87970,87971,87972,87974,87975,87977,87978,87979,87980,87981,87985,87986,87987,87988,87990,87991,87992,87993	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	88002	167
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	87969	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	87975	6890
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	87965	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	87965	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	3	87964,87965,87996	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	87969	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	87965,87967	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	87965,87996	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	87960,87969	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	88002	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	87984	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	87963,87997	2994
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	87975	428
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	87984	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	87960,87965,87969,87975,87980,87984,87985,87991,87997,88002	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	87965	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	87960,87965,87967,87969,87975,87980,87983,87985,87991,88003	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	87975,87985	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	87969	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	87969,87975	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	87975,87985	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	87969,87997,88003	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	87985,87991	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	87965,87996	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	87985,87991	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87969	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	87969	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	87967,87969	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060836	Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand	https://rruff.info/R060836

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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