Cowan Creek, Burke River, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealandi
Regional Level Types | |
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Cowan Creek | Creek |
Burke River | River |
Westland District | District |
West Coast Region | Region |
New Zealand | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 0' 19'' South , 169° 15' 20'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Haast | 279 (2011) | 21.3km |
Mindat Locality ID:
15374
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:15374:9
GUID (UUID V4):
bbf26650-df4e-4235-8fd5-03cc018ed3f2
A study by Cooper (1996) was conducted on various sites in the Cowan Creek area, as part of a swarm of lamphrophyre dykes, 25 kilometres wide, and 110 kilometres long in the vicinity of the Alpine Fault.
The main interest was baotite, which is a rare Ba-Nb-Ti chlorosilicate. It is the first silicate that has quadruple metasilicate rings in its crystal structure. It is found here as widespread in Ba-Sr rich carbonitic and sideritic ferrocarbonatites, and associated fenites, showing as richer in Nb and Fe than previous studied samples of the species. The material is largely pale to dark brown grains and granules up to 0.5 mms.
The eastern wall of Cowan Creek shows a site of a 1.4 metre thick Ba enriched norsethite dominated sill, with a surrounding 10 metre wide fenite zone. The sill is zoned from aegirine-albite-niobian rutile norsethite schist adjacent to the carbonatite contact, to an intermediate zone with added magnesioriebeckite, magnesio arfvedsonite, and barian muscovite, to country rock of garnet quartzofeldspathic schist.
The western wall of Cowan Creek shows a 22 metre wide zone of carbonatite, fenite, and altered lamprophyre. It is a siderite rich carbonatite, containing rare granules of baotite up to 0.5mms, associated with niobian rutile, sphalerite, and pyrite.
On the northern slopes of Mount Campbell, 1.5 kilometres north of the headwaters of Cowan Creek, is a baotite bearing ankerite carbonatite intrusion zone, and adjacent fenite. Baotite is found associated with sulphides as 0.6 mm granules and grains along albite boundaries. In the adjacent fenite, baotite is found as intergrowths with niobian rutile, or as intergranular skeletal grains to 0.2 mms.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β Aegirine Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6 |
β Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) |
β Ankerite Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
β 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
β Baotite Formula: Ba4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl |
β 'Biotite' Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
β Galena Formula: PbS |
β Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 |
β Magnesio-arfvedsonite Formula: {Na}{Na2}{Mg4Fe3+}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
β 'Monazite' Formula: REE(PO4) |
β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Muscovite var. Oellacherite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Norsethite Formula: BaMg(CO3)2 |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
β Rutile Formula: TiO2 |
β Rutile var. Niobium-bearing Rutile Formula: (Ti,Nb)O2 |
β Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
β | Rutile var. Niobium-bearing Rutile | 4.DB.05 | (Ti,Nb)O2 |
β | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 | |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
β | Ankerite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
β | Norsethite | 5.AB.30 | BaMg(CO3)2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Baotite | 9.CE.15 | Ba4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl |
β | Aegirine | 9.DA.25 | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
β | Magnesio-arfvedsonite | 9.DE.25 | {Na}{Na2}{Mg4Fe3+}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
β | Muscovite var. Oellacherite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | |
β | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'Monazite' | - | REE(PO4) |
β | 'Biotite' | - | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
β | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
H | β Magnesio-arfvedsonite | {Na}{Na2}{Mg4Fe3+}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
H | β Muscovite var. Oellacherite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
H | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
C | β Norsethite | BaMg(CO3)2 |
C | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Aegirine | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
O | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
O | β Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
O | β Baotite | Ba4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl |
O | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
O | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
O | β Magnesio-arfvedsonite | {Na}{Na2}{Mg4Fe3+}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
O | β Monazite | REE(PO4) |
O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | β Norsethite | BaMg(CO3)2 |
O | β Rutile | TiO2 |
O | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | β Muscovite var. Oellacherite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | β Rutile var. Niobium-bearing Rutile | (Ti,Nb)O2 |
O | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
F | Fluorine | |
F | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
F | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | β Aegirine | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
Na | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Na | β Magnesio-arfvedsonite | {Na}{Na2}{Mg4Fe3+}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
Mg | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
Mg | β Magnesio-arfvedsonite | {Na}{Na2}{Mg4Fe3+}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
Mg | β Norsethite | BaMg(CO3)2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Al | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | β Muscovite var. Oellacherite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Aegirine | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
Si | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Si | β Baotite | Ba4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl |
Si | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
Si | β Magnesio-arfvedsonite | {Na}{Na2}{Mg4Fe3+}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | β Muscovite var. Oellacherite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
P | Phosphorus | |
P | β Monazite | REE(PO4) |
P | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | β Galena | PbS |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
S | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
Cl | Chlorine | |
Cl | β Baotite | Ba4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl |
Cl | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
K | β Muscovite var. Oellacherite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
Ca | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Ti | Titanium | |
Ti | β Baotite | Ba4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl |
Ti | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
Ti | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
Ti | β Rutile | TiO2 |
Ti | β Rutile var. Niobium-bearing Rutile | (Ti,Nb)O2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Aegirine | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
Fe | β Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
Fe | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
Fe | β Magnesio-arfvedsonite | {Na}{Na2}{Mg4Fe3+}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Fe | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
Nb | Niobium | |
Nb | β Baotite | Ba4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl |
Nb | β Rutile var. Niobium-bearing Rutile | (Ti,Nb)O2 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | β Baotite | Ba4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl |
Ba | β Norsethite | BaMg(CO3)2 |
W | Tungsten | |
W | β Baotite | Ba4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | β Galena | PbS |
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