Okuru River, Westland District, West Coast Region, South Island, New Zealand
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 44° 3' 52'' South , 169° 9' 54'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -44.06452,169.16519 |
| KΓΆppen climate type: | Cfc : Subpolar oceanic climate |
The study (Cooper 1996) was conducted at various sites in the Okuru River and Burke River areas as part of a 25 kilometre wide by 110 kilometre long lamphrophyre dyke swarm , with carbonatites, fenites, and carbothermal veins, dominated by ankerite, siderite and Ba-Sr-REE carbonates. The main interest was the rare chlorosilicate baotite.
Mineral List
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Regional Geology
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| Holocene - Late Pleistocene 0 - 0.126 Ma ID: 1332625 | OIS1 (Holocene) fan deposits Age: Pleistocene (0 - 0.126 Ma) Description: mod-poorly sorted, silty, subang gravel and sand of alluvial fans; w large boulders from landslides and rockfalls in steep mountains. Comments: Holocene river deposits. Age based on geomorphic inference Lithology: Major:: {gravel},Minor:: {sand, silt} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
| Triassic - Permian 201.3 - 298.9 Ma ID: 1313055 | Wanaka lithologic association TZIV schist Age: Phanerozoic (201.3 - 298.9 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Torlesse Supergroup Description: Psammitic and subordinate pelitic schist (TZIV); including areas and bands of greenschist, minor marble and metachert, and rare ultramafic bodies. Comments: Eastern Province (Rakaia Terrane) Rocks Lithology: Schist, greenschist, marble, chert, ultramafic igneous rock Reference: Edbrooke, S.W., Heron, D.W., Forsyth, P.J., Jongens, R. (compilers). Geology Map of New Zealand 1:1 000 000. GNS Science Geological Map 2. [12] |
| Triassic - Permian 201.3 - 298.9 Ma ID: 3189657 | Paleozoic-Mesozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Phanerozoic (201.3 - 298.9 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Haast Schist Comments: Caples Terrane Lithology: Metawacke; greenschist/almandine amphibolite grade metasedimentary/metavolcanic schist Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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Localities in this Region
- South Island
- West Coast Region
- Westland District
- Okuru River
- Westland District
- West Coast Region
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