Mount Pisgah, Canaan, Tasman Region, South Island, New Zealand
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 40° 56' 8'' South , 172° 53' 32'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -40.93559,172.89242 |
| Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
Contact-metamorphic molybdenum deposit.
Now part of the Abel Tasman National Park.
Mineral List
6 valid minerals.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Cenomanian - Berriasian 93.9 - 145 Ma ID: 1356979 | Separation Point Suite equigranular hornblende biotite granodiorite Age: Cretaceous (93.9 - 145 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Separation Point Suite Description: Equigranular hornblende +/- biotite granodiorite. Comments: Basement (Median Batholith) igneous rocks. Age based on absolute age calculated from stratigraphic age range Lithology: Major:: {granodiorite},Minor:: {granite} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
| Early Cretaceous 100.5 - 145 Ma ID: 1311734 | Separation Point Suite felsic intrusive rocks Age: Early Cretaceous (100.5 - 145 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Separation Point Suite Description: Granite, granodiorite and tonalite with subordinate leucogranite, quartz diorite and monzodiorite; locally foliated to gneissic. Comments: Western Province (Tuhua Intrusives) Rocks Lithology: Granite, granodiorite, tonalite, leucogranite, quartz diorite, monzodiorite 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] |
| Ordovician - Cambrian 443.8 - 541 Ma ID: 3190452 | Paleozoic volcanic and intrusive rocks Age: Paleozoic (443.8 - 541 Ma) Lithology: Chert,limestone,tuffaceous sandstone,argillite,amphibolite,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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