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Locality Name:
Haast River, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 24.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24.1

mindat Locality ID: 243740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haast River, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°56'43"S
Longitude: 169°14'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.945277777778,169.23888888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Tridymite

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Feldspar None Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite
Tridymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Nepheline ()*	Norsethite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	24.6	24.1	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	24.6	24.1	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	24.6	24.1	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	24.6	24.1	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	24.6	24.1	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	24.6	24.1	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24.6	24.1	24243
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	24.6	24.1	884
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂	24.6	24.1	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	24.6	24.1	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	24.6	24.1	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	24.1	24.1	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	24.6	24.1	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000628	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, generally 1 m or less thick, veins and sill-like bodies up to 1.2 m thick. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Camptonite, ouachitite, tinguaite and trachyte dykes and sills with xenoliths of alkali gabbro and undersaturated syenite.
Jen_0000629	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, generally 1 m or less thick, veins and sill-like bodies up to 1.2 m thick. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Camptonite, ouachitite, tinguaite and trachyte dykes and sills with xenoliths of alkali gabbro and undersaturated syenite.
Jen_0000630	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, generally 1 m or less thick, veins and sill-like bodies up to 1.2 m thick. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Camptonite, ouachitite, tinguaite and trachyte dykes and sills with xenoliths of alkali gabbro and undersaturated syenite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000628	24.3	24.3	24.3				243740	Haast River, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Haast River	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000629	24.6	24.6	24.6	U-Pb	zircon	Zircon	243740	Haast River, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Haast River	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000630	24.1	24.1	24.1	Rb-Sr	sodalite	Sodalite	243740	Haast River, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Haast River	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

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