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Locality Name:
Waipori, Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 299940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waipori, Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
A.B.C. Mine
Bella Mine
Canton Mine
Cemetery Lode
Cosmopolitan Wolframite Deposit
Cox's Mine (Little Maud)
O.P.Q. Mine (Otago Pioneer Quartz)
Sandagger's Lode
Verter Burn (Post Office Creek)
Waipori Antimony Mine

Latitude: 45°49'30"S
Longitude: 169°52'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.825,169.87805555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Au Ca Fe H Hg Mn O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Hg S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCopperGypsumNonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteScheeliteStibnite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1878219052
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4187824352
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Gold  (*)CopperAu987815,87816,87817,87818,87820,87821,87822,87823,8782430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1878246890
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218782139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2787816,87818,87820,87821,87822,87823,8782461156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)187818969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)487816,87821,87822,878244894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31878243418



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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