Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 298532
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298532.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Coalgate
Rakaia Gorge
Wilberforce Valley

Latitude: 43°18'7"S
Longitude: 171°36'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.301944444444,171.61388888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Copper	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Mordenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Copper Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Heulandite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Mordenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

25 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)	3	87481,87482,87483	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	87480	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	8	87481,87482,87483,87486,87487,87488,87490,87491	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	87481,87483,87488,87490,87491	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	87469	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	87482	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	87462	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	87455,87462	85
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	87469	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	11	87457,87462,87480,87481,87482,87483,87486,87487,87488,87490,87491	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	87481,87482,87483,87484,87485,87488,87490,87491	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	87469	1756
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	87480	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	87480	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	87481,87483,87485,87489,87490,87491	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	87462	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	87462	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	87481,87482,87483,87491	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	87462	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	87480	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87462	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	87480	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	87462,87481,87482,87483,87484,87485,87486,87487,87488,87489,87490,87491	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	87462,87465,87479,87480,87481,87482,87483,87484,87485,87486,87487,87488,87489,87490,87491	61156
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	87457	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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