Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lyell, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 296795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lyell, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Alpine Mine (United Alpine; Alpine Extended; New Alpine)
Bald Hill
Croesus Mine
Lyell Creek Fossicking Area
Tyrconnell Mine (Tyr Connell; Break O Day)
United Italy Mine
United Victory Mine

Latitude: 41°46'30"S
Longitude: 172°4'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.775,172.06722222222

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Stibnite

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 Bi Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Stibnite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	88561	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	88561	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	88560,88562,88563,88564,88565	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	88561	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88561	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	88561	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	88561	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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