Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mackenzie District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 298531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mackenzie District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aoraki Mount Cook Village
Aoraki Mt Cook
Lake Pukaki
Sealy Range

Latitude: 43°44'33"S
Longitude: 170°3'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.7425,170.06305555556

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	Copper	Kaolinite	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt

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 Fe H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4	87448,87451,87452,87453	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	87448	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	87448,87451,87452,87453	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	87451,87452,87453	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	87452	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	87448,87451,87452,87453	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	87448,87451,87452	5591
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87453	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	87448,87451,87452,87453	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	87448,87451,87452,87453	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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