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Locality Name:
Ashburton District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 298527
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298527.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ashburton District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ashburton
Mount Somers
Rangitata Valley

Latitude: 43°45'21"S
Longitude: 171°23'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.755833333333,171.38472222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChloriteClayGarnetKaoliniteMicaMordeniteNatroliteNonePyrite
QuartzRutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Epistilbite  (*)
Ferroceladonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31874132353
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)287424,8742627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21874185171
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81874131756
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O187426138
Ferroceladonite  (*)MicaKFe2+Fe3+Si4O10(OH)218742610
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4487415,87420,87421,874245591
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O187426405
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2287421,8742439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2787412,87415,87421,87422,87423,87424,8742661156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O187426390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)287424,874266417


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