Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kirwan's Hill Tungsten Prospect, Reefton, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 296694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirwan's Hill Tungsten Prospect, Reefton, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°1'33"S
Longitude: 172°0'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -42.025833333333,172.0025

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Löllingite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Tungstite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tungstite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Löllingite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Tungstite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	118

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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