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:
Ranfurly, Central Otago District, Otago Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 298795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ranfurly, Central Otago District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Buster Diggings (Burster; Clark; Clarke)
Dansey Pass
Deep Stream (Serpentine; Pylep)
Dougherty's Mine (Docherty; Gimmerburn Coal Pit)
Garibaldi Diggings
Hamiltons
Kyeburn Diggings
Kyeburn Mine
Lammermoor
Naseby (Hogburn)
Naseby Mine
Patearoa
Taieri Dredge

Latitude: 45°9'34"S
Longitude: 170°3'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.159444444444,170.06194444444

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.

Axinite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Scheelite

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 B C Ca Fe H Hg O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Kaolinite None Quartz Scheelite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

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	1	87762	3092
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	87759	260
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	87763	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	87759	1025
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	87758,87760,87762,87763,87764,87766,87767,87769	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	87762	5591
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	87762,87763,87769	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	87762	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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