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Basalt from
Acheron Mine, Coalgate, Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Basalt
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Basalt data
Locality Data:Click here to view Acheron Mine, Coalgate, Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1210431
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1210431:8
GUID (UUID V4):874f730e-20f1-470f-ad5a-63d981531f70
References
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NEW ZEALAND DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 125th ANNIVERSARY...1865 -1990 NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 104 ISSN 0077-9628 Minerals of New Zealand by G. L....initials should be G.T., not G.L. Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1990 I I Beach sand, alluvium, ā€¢ terrace...Figure 1. Simplified geological sketch-map of New Zealand. 0 20 40 60 80 100 KM l INTRODUCTION It...Morgan's "Minerals and Mineral Substances of New Zealand" was published, as NZ. Geological Survey bulletin
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subdivision of the uplands does not apply in this western region. For example, the highest point on the Baw Baw...(1516 m) which lies near the northern end of the Acheronā€“Cerberean Ranges plateau and at the centre of Norvickā€™s...the Toorojil, Aberthomson, Timbuchan and Bondick basalt fields. The Nunniong Plateau basalts would be similarly...m thick that include peat and coal, underlying basalt in deeply incised valleys in the Paleogene basalts...(Orth et al. 1993) and shows the low elevation of basalt residuals adjacent to the position of the Eocene
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UC-NRLF NEW ZEALAND of department Geological Survey Branch (P. G. Morgan, Director). LIST...LIST OF THE MINERALS OF NEW ZEALAND, BY P. O. Issued MORGAN AND under the authority of the Hou, J...Z. JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER 1913. NEW ZEALAND-!, n Department jfe 5j Geological Survey...Morgan, Director). LIST OF THE MINERALS OF NEW ZEALAND, P. Issued O. MORGAN AND under the authority...Minerals . . ... LIST OF THE MINERALS OF NEW ZEALAND INTKODUCTION. FOR many years there has been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
work. II. PHYSIOGRAPHY. (a) The Acheron "Valley. (6) The Mountain Region. III. GENERAL GEOLOGY. (a) Silurian...(i) Basal Conglomerate. (ii) Massive Ashes, (iii) Basalt Tuffs, (iv) Meta-basalts and Meta-andesites. (v)...constitute a geographical barrier between the Acheron and the Goulburn River valleys. The township of...head of the Steavenson River, a tributary of the Acheron, and overshadowed on the east and south by the...the mountains in which the streams of the Acheron system rise. The geographical extent of the mountain mass
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granitic (s.l.) batholiths. At the same time in this region, explosive volcanic eruptions blanketed wide areas...overview of this period of geological history in the region. An important element of the local geology is revealed...that dominate the surface geology. Rather, this region, which corresponds with the depths of origin of...largely unexposed Proterozoic terrane, known as the Selwyn Block (Cayley, 2011; Cayley et al., 2002). The...ring- and radially-fractured caldron subsidence region of some 35 Ɨ 27 km, known as the Cerberean Cauldron
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Complex includes fish and plant bearing beds in the Acheron Cauldron, which has a diameter of 15 miles, and...intermediate, close to the hypersthene dacites of the region, and is believed to have been injected as a magma...intensively studied, especially in Victoria and New South Wales where detailed mapping was begun a century...be pointed out, moreover, that in addition the region affords a wide range of igneous suites of types...cherts of the Gloucester and nearby districts of New South Wales (BENSON, 1913--1918); the continental
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you suck on it (donā€™t bite it!), you discover a new layer. I bought a few gobstoppers and asked the technician...landscapes created? Was it limestone down there, or basalt? And why does hell stink of sulfur? It is time...Nicodemus, an apocryphal work that was rejected for the New Testament by the strict hand of an editor. I would...religion has its own hell. I walk into the Christian district through the Jaffa Gate, which is little more than...Jerusalem. At the Damascus Gate in the Muslim district on the north side of the city, I climb up on to
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lyellcollection.org/ at New York University on April 6, 2017 u 6z.] x a s +Eor,o+~r or }vN~nIN (NEW Z~Xr,XND).... 38l ]5. The GI~OLOGY 0f DUNEDIN (NEw ZEALAND). By PATRICK M*~SEXm,, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., Professor...T a ~ eastern coast of the South Island of :New Zealand has two projecting points consisting of volcanic...CampbellIsland Expedition. Other rock-specimens from the district have been described by Marshalt, ~ Speight, s...alkaline rocks that occurs here. 1 , Geology of Canterbury & Westland' 1875. 2 , Tridymite-trachyte of Lyttehon'
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the Selwyn Block with Tasmania. KEY WORDS: gravity, magnetic, Melbourne Zone, modelling, Selwyn Block...near-surface at the northeastern zone margin. These new deep seismic data augment previous structural interpretations...the apparently deep magnetic bodies beneath this region, and of the surrounding crustal architecture. This...indicated. Also shown is the extent of the proposed Selwyn Block (Cayley et al. 2002), a Proterozoicā€“Cambrian...distinct block of continental crust called the Selwyn Block. Magnetic lineaments extending from northwest
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Liverpool on June 25, 2016 1855.] C. FORBES--NEW ZEALAND. 521 2. On the GEOLOGY Of GEORGIA, UNITED STATES...he had lately travelled. 3. On the GEOLOGY of NEW ZEALAND ; with Notes on its CARBONIFEROUS DEPOSITS. By...CHARLES FORBES, Esq., Assistant Surgeon, H.M.S. Acheron. [Communicated by Sir H. De la Beche, F.G.S.] (Abridged...difficult of access, and so thickly wooded, as New Zealand, . little more can be done than simply to specify...schists, with rocks of igneous origin, including basalt, amygdaloid, porphyritic lavas, volcanic tufts
NORTH ISLAND NEW ZEALAND Poor Kn1ght1 Is ā€¢ . ,, r ,n H~n & C h1ck...Rivt~r I'. MY OF East C,pe Pf.NEW PLYMO ā€¢ Cil.pe Eimo C ā€¢ Portl.lfld I MY Secretar)'...ve1 '.,"~:....,._,,,.,i{/~'vk~ Opih, ,q L CANTERBURY SIGHT I I ,,o or 811 TIMARU ,.., ...ISLAND f Pq,1 Pt., 1~s II t I SOUTH ISLAND NEW ZEALAND +I s University College Cardiff Library...' _____ TELE - . _, ā€¢ The Geology of New Zealand Volume 2 ā€¢ā€¢ J-----~---.. ~ ::,,::::j::~.
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NORTH ISLAND NEW ZEALAND Poor Kn1ght1 Is ā€¢ . ,, r ,n H~n & C h1ck...Rivt~r I'. MY OF East C,pe Pf.NEW PLYMO ā€¢ Cil.pe Eimo C ā€¢ Portl.lfld I MY Secretar)'...ve1 '.,"~:....,._,,,.,i{/~'vk~ Opih, ,q L CANTERBURY SIGHT I I ,,o or 811 TIMARU ,.., ...ISLAND f Pq,1 Pt., 1~s II t I SOUTH ISLAND NEW ZEALAND +I s University College Cardiff Library...' _____ TELE - . _, ā€¢ The Geology of New Zealand Volume 2 ā€¢ā€¢ J-----~---.. ~ ::,,::::j::~.
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4 o Xonotlite and rodingites from Wairere, New Zealand J. P. O ' B R I E N and K. A. R O D G E R S Department...Department of Geology, University of Auckland, New Zealand SUMMARY. Xenoliths of eucritic gabbros in an...from the serpentinite. The only other known New Zealand occurrence of xonotlite is that described by...fracture zones in a basic sill at the Acheron River, Canterbury. Specimens collected (179o3) are white...formula 5CaSiO3.H~O (Taylor, ~955) but the other New Zealand occurrence has a composition approximating the
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the Claritas region, in Tempe Terra, in the Thaumasia Highlands, and in Acheron Fossae region, have been...Eā€“W trending troughs in the western equatorial region of Mars. These studies concluded that the Valles...tectonic map of extensional structures in the Tharsis region, Mars, in stereographic projection (centered at...Thaumasia region (ā€œThaumasia Grabenā€) are marked by grey shading. Note that some of the rifts (Acheron Fossae...Double Rift system in Thaumasia highlands. (d) Acheron Fossae. All rifts are similar to their overall
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part of the 39th Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, held...overall review of the geology of Victoria, and a new account of the geology of important areas other than...it by the addition of a new chapter on the geology of the Melbourne district. In addition to the acknowledgements...ANZAAS at Melbourne in January, 1967. It provides a new account of the geology of the excursion areas and...f21Ci1'1g O. P, Singleton Geology of the Melbourne district A. H. M. VandenBerg, with contributions by M.
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timely to collate and review the existing data. New ideas concerning the interpretation of the regional...postulated reconstructions of eastern Gondwanaland. Any new data or evidence throwing light on the nature of...various continental reconstructions. In this paper, new ideas concerning the interpretation of the regional...presence of a vast amount of relatively high density basalt. However, a recent reinterpretation of the anomaly...anomaly by Darracott and Kleywegt [5 ] using old and new gravity data from Natal, showed that only a part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1855.] C. FORBES--NEW ZEALAND. 521 2. On the GEOLOGY Of GEORGIA, UNITED STATES. By W. BRAY, Esq....he had lately travelled. 3. On the GEOLOGY of NEW ZEALAND ; with Notes on its CARBONIFEROUS DEPOSITS. By...CHARLES FORBES, Esq., Assistant Surgeon, H.M.S. Acheron. [Communicated by Sir H. De la Beche, F.G.S.] (Abridged...difficult of access, and so thickly wooded, as New Zealand, . little more can be done than simply to specify...schists, with rocks of igneous origin, including basalt, amygdaloid, porphyritic lavas, volcanic tufts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fiordland Orthogneiss in southwest Fiordland, New Zealand A. H. ALLIBONE, 1 L. A. MILAN, 2 N. R. DACZKO...Private Bag 1930, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand ABSTRACT In southwest New Zealand, a suite of felsic diorite...(Malaspina Pluton) between Doubtful and Dusky sounds. New mapping shows intrusive contacts between the Malaspina...which underlie several 100 km2 of southwest New Zealand had experienced metamorphic pressures of 10ā€“14...Fiordland in the southwest of the South Island, New Zealand (Fig. 1). These rocks were emplaced between 124
Report (chapter)
the associated Patuki Melange, South Island, New Zealand ROMESH PALAMAKUMBURA* & ALASTAIR H. F. ROBERTSON...element geochronology (e.g. Yang et al. 2012). In New Zealand, geochemical studies of clastic sedimentary sequences...in both units, and then present and interpret our new geochemical evidence, supported by semi-quantitative...typically provide information on a wider source region, but mostly restricted to speciļ¬c depositional...Paleozoicā€“Mesozoic Geology of South Island, New Zealand: Subduction-related Processes Adjacent to SE
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Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia Environmental...(Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory, New Zealand, Nelson, West Coast...Coast, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland). The world-class Ge-U or Ge deposits in North China, Mongolia,...global exploration newexploration sources of for new sources of these critical elements. One source of...Queensland, New South Wales, Columbia, Canada, China, Africa, and Australasia (Victoria, Queensland, New South
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archaeological research in New Zealand has undergone something of a revolution. Using new techniques and drawing...disciplines, archaeo logists are now piecing together a new and far more complex picture of the human occupation...years. Until then it was popularly believed that New Zealand had in the past been settled by two waves of...itinerant hunters and gatherers whose impact on the new land was to have far-reaching effects. By 500 years...arrival of Europeans 200 years ago. Unearthing Neiv Zealand tells the fascinating story of this country's unique
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RHODES THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND a* ; , gs _ (Sy 7 7 7 i ~ t ~~ ...GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION Ā©) Moan AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND by D. A. BROWN K. S. W. CAMPBELL KoA W.GROOK...LIBRARY PERGAMON PRESS OXFORD - LONDON - EDINBURGH - NEW YORK TORONTO - SYDNEY - PARIS - BRAUNSCHWEIG Pergamon...Press Inc., 44-01 21st Street, Long Island City, New York Ontario , Toronto Pergamon of Canada Ltd., 6...Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, New South Wales Pergamon Press S.A.R.L., 24 rue des Ecoles
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compositional change from hypersthene-normative basalt towards basanite, as they imply unacceptable degrees...genesis is able to explain the main features of basalt geochemistry, especially if the upper mantle low...basaltic rocks (ie. 'hypersthcne-normative basalt', 'alkali basalt' and 'basanite'), defined in general as...relatively rich in diopside, and occupy a broad region astride the olivine-diopside join, extending well...ohvine-clinopyroxeneplagioclase in natural and synthetic basalt systems. (u and Tilley, 1962; O'Hara, 1968), and
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years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis
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years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis
 
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