Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Fiordland National Park, Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 128

mindat Locality ID: 15381
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15381.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fiordland National Park, Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Doubtful Sound
Dusky Sound
Lake Monowai
Milford Sound
Preservation Inlet
Routeburn Valley
Wilmot Pass

Latitude: 45°24'30"S
Longitude: 167°15'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.408333333333,167.26

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Dumortierite	Epidote	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Allanite-(La) ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Gold ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 Be Ca Cr Cu Fe H K La Li Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Dumortierite Epidote Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Talc Tetrahedrite Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	88053	1022
Allanite-(La) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaLa(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	88062	25
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	170	128	1	88052	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	170	128	2	88052,88056	1310
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	88055	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	88056,88060	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	170	128	2	88052,88061	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	88062	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	88059,88060	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	88055	3902
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	88056	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	170	128	1	88052	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	88051	4135
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈			1	88054	231
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	170	128	1	88052	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	88055	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	170	128	1	88052	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	88056,88059,88060	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	170	128	1	88052	178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	88056,88057,88058,88059,88060	30554
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	170	128	1	88052	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	170	128	1	88052	238
Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Staurolite	Mg(Mg,Li)₃(Al,Mg)₁₈Si₈O₄₄(OH)₄	170	128	1	88052	7
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	88062	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	88056,88059,88060	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	170	128	3	88052,88059,88060	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	170	128	1	88052	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	88060	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	170	128	1	88052	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	170	128	1	88052	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	88055	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	88059	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	88062	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0153	170	128	170-128	U-Pb	Age of metamorphism		zircon				Zircon	Magnesiostaurolite		15240	Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park, Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand	Dusky Sound	Brown (1996)	10.1046/j.1525-1314.1996.06024.x	JMG14_441	Thus, in this southern region the transitionfrom low- to high-P metamorphism appears to have occurred between 170 and 128 Ma

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