Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 503
Youngest recorded age at locality: 50

mindat Locality ID: 297120
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297120.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hawks Crag
Heaphy Mine (Berlins; Berlins Creek)
Mispickel Creek

Latitude: 41°51'43"S
Longitude: 171°47'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.861944444444,171.78555555556

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.

Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Devilline	Fluorite	Meta-autunite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Schoepite	Zippeite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Becquerelite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Natrozippeite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutherfordine ()*
Saléeite ()*	Schoepite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Sklodowskite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Devilline Fluorite Meta-autunite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Schoepite Zippeite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	109.1	80	1	88631	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	109.1	80	1	88631	3092
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	109.1	80	1	88631	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	100.5	100.3	1	88633	11547
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	109.1	80	1	88631	92
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	109.1	80	1	88631	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	109.1	80	1	88631	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	109.1	80	1	88631	566
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	109.1	80	1	88631	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	109.1	80	1	88631	9617
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	109.1	80	1	88631	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	109.1	80	1	88631	443
Natrozippeite ()*	Zippeite	Na₅(UO₂)₈(SO₄)₄O₅(OH)₃·12H₂O	109.1	80	1	88631	41
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	109.1	80	1	88631	39462
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	109.1	80	1	88631	58
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	109.1	80	1	88631	95
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	109.1	80	1	88631	94
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	109.1	80	1	88631	292
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	109.1	80	1	88631	56
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	109.1	80	1	88631	1059
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	109.1	80	1	88631	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	109.1	80	1	88631	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	109.1	80	1	88631	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	109.1	80	1	88631	5251

25 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000750	114	114	114	K-Ar	Data suggests that the Foulwind Granite was intruded and remained at depths of 14-18 km and temperature of >600 C until Cretaceous unroofing when hornblende, biotite, and K-feldspar closed. Alternatively, the thermal history could just reflect Cretaceous		hornblende	FW-4			297120	Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Buller District	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Integrated K-Ar age
Giersdorf_00000751	112	110	112-110	K-Ar	Data suggests that the Foulwind Granite was intruded and remained at depths of 14-18 km and temperature of >600 C until Cretaceous unroofing when hornblende, biotite, and K-feldspar closed. Alternatively, the thermal history could just reflect Cretaceous		hornblende	FW-4			297120	Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Buller District	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Age acquired during the heating process, referenced by the above to attest to the 114 Ma age's accuracy, plateau segment from ~1-81% gas released
Giersdorf_00000752	110	108	109±1	K-Ar	Data suggests that the Foulwind Granite was intruded and remained at depths of 14-18 km and temperature of >600 C until Cretaceous unroofing when hornblende, biotite, and K-feldspar closed. Alternatively, the thermal history could just reflect Cretaceous	high	hornblende	FW-4			297120	Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Buller District	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Isochron K-Ar age is best estimate for closure of th argon system in this mineral
Giersdorf_00000753	100	100	100	K-Ar	Data suggests that the Foulwind Granite was intruded and remained at depths of 14-18 km and temperature of >600 C until Cretaceous unroofing when hornblende, biotite, and K-feldspar closed. Alternatively, the thermal history could just reflect Cretaceous		biotite	FW-4			297120	Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Buller District	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Age acquired during the heating process, with 90% of the emitted gas creating this result.
Giersdorf_00000754	102.2	100	101.1±1.1	K-Ar	Data suggests that the Foulwind Granite was intruded and remained at depths of 14-18 km and temperature of >600 C until Cretaceous unroofing when hornblende, biotite, and K-feldspar closed. Alternatively, the thermal history could just reflect Cretaceous		biotite	FW-4			297120	Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Buller District	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Isochron K-Ar age
Giersdorf_00000755	97	97	97	K-Ar	Data suggests that the Foulwind Granite was intruded and remained at depths of 14-18 km and temperature of >600 C until Cretaceous unroofing when hornblende, biotite, and K-feldspar closed. Alternatively, the thermal history could just reflect Cretaceous		orthoclase	FW-4	Orthoclase	Orthoclase	297120	Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Buller District	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Age acquired during the heating process, interpreted by the author to be the only age of geological significance, as the author noted an excess of argon in the sample
Giersdorf_00000756	145	140	145-140	K-Ar	Data suggests that the Foulwind Granite was intruded and remained at depths of 14-18 km and temperature of >600 C until Cretaceous unroofing when hornblende, biotite, and K-feldspar closed. Alternatively, the thermal history could just reflect Cretaceous	low	orthoclase	FW-4	Orthoclase	Orthoclase	297120	Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Buller District	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Age is disregarded due to the belief that it is caused by an excess of argon
Giersdorf_00000778	109	109	109	K-Ar			muscovite	HCB(t)-1	Muscovite	Muscovite	15243	Hawks Crag, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Hawks Crag	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Age acquired from 92% of the results during the experimentation
Giersdorf_00000779	109.1	108.7	108.9±0.2	K-Ar		high	muscovite	HCB(t)-1	Muscovite	Muscovite	15243	Hawks Crag, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Hawks Crag	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Total gas age
Giersdorf_00000780	96	80	96-80	K-Ar			orthoclase	HCB(t)-1	Orthoclase	Orthoclase	15243	Hawks Crag, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Hawks Crag	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Age yielded from the sampling of the first 10% of the emitted gas
Giersdorf_00000781	99	96	99-96	K-Ar			orthoclase	HCB(t)-1	Orthoclase	Orthoclase	15243	Hawks Crag, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Hawks Crag	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Age yielded from the remaining 90% of the gas in comparison to the above entry
Giersdorf_00000782	96.6	96.2	96.4±0.2	K-Ar		high	orthoclase	HCB(t)-1	Orthoclase	Orthoclase	15243	Hawks Crag, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Hawks Crag	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Total gas age
Giersdorf_00000783	103	103	103	K-Ar			muscovite	HCB(b)-3	Muscovite	Muscovite	15243	Hawks Crag, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Hawks Crag	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Slightly younger age that is disregarded due to the remaining samples all lining up with the age of 108
Giersdorf_00000784	108.3	107.7	108±0.3	K-Ar		high	muscovite	HCB(b)-3	Muscovite	Muscovite	15243	Hawks Crag, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Hawks Crag	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Total gas age
Giersdorf_00000767	102.5	102.5	102.5	K-Ar			muscovite	RQD-1	Muscovite	Muscovite	15355	Mispickel Creek, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Westport	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Age acquired through 98% of the gas extraction
Giersdorf_00000768	102.5	102.1	102.3±0.2	K-Ar		high	muscovite	RQD-1	Muscovite	Muscovite	15355	Mispickel Creek, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Westport	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Total Gas Age, taken as the best result for the sample
Giersdorf_00000769	81	81	81	K-Ar		low	biotite	RQD-1			15355	Mispickel Creek, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Westport	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Initial age acquired during the gas release process, regarded as inconsistent
Giersdorf_00000770	100	100	100	K-Ar			biotite	RQD-1			15355	Mispickel Creek, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Westport	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Age summarization acquired during the remainder of the gas release process
Giersdorf_00000771	100.3	99.3	99.8±0.5	K-Ar			biotite	RQD-1			15355	Mispickel Creek, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Westport	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Total gas age
Giersdorf_00000772	100.5	100.3	100.4±0.1	K-Ar		high	biotite	RQD-1			15355	Mispickel Creek, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Westport	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Plateau segment of the age plot used as the best age for the sample
Giersdorf_00000773	503	138	503-138	K-Ar		low	orthoclase	RQD-1	Orthoclase	Orthoclase	15355	Mispickel Creek, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Westport	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Initial age acquired during the gas release process, regarded as inconsistent
Giersdorf_00000774	90	50	90-50	K-Ar		low	orthoclase	RQD-1	Orthoclase	Orthoclase	15355	Mispickel Creek, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Westport	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Apparent age range from the sample throughout the degassing process
Giersdorf_00000775	97	97	97	K-Ar			orthoclase	RQD-1	Orthoclase	Orthoclase	15355	Mispickel Creek, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Westport	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Age to which most of the remaining ages rose to during the testing process
Giersdorf_00000776	97	90	97-90	K-Ar		high	orthoclase	RQD-1	Orthoclase	Orthoclase	15355	Mispickel Creek, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Westport	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	90% of the age tests yielded ages within this range for the sample
Giersdorf_00000777	93	93	93	K-Ar			orthoclase	RQD-1	Orthoclase	Orthoclase	15355	Mispickel Creek, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Westport	Spell et al. (2000)	10.1029/1999TC900046	T19_433	Total gas age

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