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Locality Name:
Ross, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 298502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ross, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Cedar Creek Mine (William Tell)
Donoghues
Falls Creek (Doctor Hill)
Honourable Roddy Nugget
Jones Creek Public Fossicking Area
Jones Flat
Mikonui River
Mikonui River (Black's Creek; Redman's Creek)
Mine Creek Mine
Mont D'Or Mine
Mount Greenland
Ross Mine (Birchfield-Ross)
Te Aroha Station
Teremakau And Mikonui Rivers Area
Whitcombe Valley

Latitude: 42°55'38"S
Longitude: 170°49'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -42.927222222222,170.82083333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Topaz Zircon

31 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	88711	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	88709,88716	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	88703,88705,88711,88713	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2	88703,88713	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	88703,88713	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	88703,88711,88713	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	88705	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	88703,88711,88713	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	88711	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	88717	1797
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	88709,88715	327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88711	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	88705	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	88703,88711,88713	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	88704,88707,88708,88710,88712,88713,88714	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	88703	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88711	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	88711	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	88705	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88711	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	88703,88705,88711,88713	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	88705	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	88703,88705,88711,88713	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	88711	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	88705	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	88711	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	88703,88711,88713	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	88703,88713	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	88705	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	88711	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88711	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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