Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Gore District, Southland Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 298618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gore District, Southland Region, New Zealand": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Greenvale Area
Mataura
Pukerau
Waimumu

Latitude: 46°4'30"S
Longitude: 168°57'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -46.075,168.95611111111

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Mica	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Titanite

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 Au Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite
Mica None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Titanite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Chromite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	88021,88023	8803
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	88023	3902
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88023	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	88019,88020,88023	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	88021	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	88021	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	88018,88019,88021,88023	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	88019,88020,88023	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	88021	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	88021,88023	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	88018,88019,88020,88021,88022,88023	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88023	1214
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	88023	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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