Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dun Mountain, Nelson Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 5923
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5923.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dun Mountain, Nelson Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°20'41"S
Longitude: 173°21'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.344722222222,173.35777777778

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Brucite	Clay	Copper	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Sepiolite
Serpentine	Spinel	Wollastonite

Anthophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brucite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dioptase ()*
Hercynite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zaratite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Brucite Clay Copper None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Sepiolite
Serpentine Spinel Wollastonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	299	252	718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	299	252	5509
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	299	252	462
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	299	252	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	299	252	5707
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	299	252	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	299	252	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	299	252	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	299	252	4135
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	299	252	164
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	299	252	407
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	299	252	241
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	299	252	1247
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	299	252	56

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Kristen002447	Dun Mountain Ophiolite Complex related to Red Hills Ultramafic Intrusion by Nelson segment of Alpine Fault

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
	Kristen002447	299	252	Permain									Awaruite, Wairauite		5923	Dun Mountain, Nelson Region, New Zealand	Dun Mountain Ophiolite Complex	Coombs et al. (1976)	10.2475/ajs.276.5.561	AJS276_561

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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