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:
Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 298587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Akatore Creek
Balclutha
Chrystalls Beach (Cooks Head Rock)
Clinton
Greenvale Area
Kaitangata
Lawrence
Milton
Waipori
Waitahuna
Waitahuna Heights
Waitahuna River Cu Prospect
Watsons Beach

Latitude: 46°2'48"S
Longitude: 169°48'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -46.046666666667,169.81388888889

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	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Leucophosphite
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Taranakite	Titanite
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Akatoreite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*
Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Coombsite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Parsettensite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Taranakite ()*	Tinzenite ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*
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: Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Axinite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Leucophosphite
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Taranakite Titanite
Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87831	3419
Akatoreite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn²⁺₉Al₂Si₈O₂₄(OH)₈	1	87788	3
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	87788	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	87830	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	87799	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	87821	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	87791	2060
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	87788	88
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87831	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	87831	83
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	87824	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	87830	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	87794,87814,87829	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	87830	1025
Coombsite ()*	None	KMn²⁺₁₃(Si,Al)₁₈O₄₂(OH)₁₄	1	87831	3
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	87792,87793	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	87812	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	87830	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	87792,87793	453
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	87830	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	87831	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	20	87805,87806,87807,87808,87810,87811,87812,87814,87815,87816,87817,87818,87820,87821,87822,87823,87824,87825,87826,87828	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	87830	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	87824	6890
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	87788	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	87790,87799	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	87831	234
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	87791	110
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	87791	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	87830	5674
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	87793	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87830	17380
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O	1	87831	43
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87831	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	87799,87808,87821,87830	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	87788	3106
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	87788	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	87830	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	22	87788,87790,87793,87799,87801,87805,87806,87808,87810,87811,87812,87814,87816,87818,87820,87821,87822,87823,87824,87826,87830,87831	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	87788,87831	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	3	87788,87818,87831	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	87814,87816,87821,87822,87824	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	87830	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	87788,87831	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	87830	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	87824	3418
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	87791	57
Tinzenite ()*	Axinite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₄Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	87788	24
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	87830	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	87788	433
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	87812	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060230	Akatore Creek, Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealand	https://rruff.info/R060230

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