Kingma's Farm, Maerewhenua, Waitaki District, Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 44° 54' 45'' South , 170° 36' 47'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -44.91268,170.61325 |
Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
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Mineral List
3 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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Rupelian - Ypresian 28.1 - 56 Ma ID: 1350166 | Undifferentiated Onekakara Group Eocene - Oligocene sandstone Age: Paleogene (28.1 - 56 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Onekakara Group Description: Deepening facies sequence from shallow marine glauconitic sandstone; siltstone; marl; to biopelagic chalk. Comments: Paleogene sedimentary rocks. Age based on paleontology Lithology: Major:: {sandstone},Minor:: {siltstone, greensand} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
Eocene - Late Cretaceous 33.9 - 100.5 Ma ID: 1313093 | Onekakara Group and Taratu Formation Age: Phanerozoic (33.9 - 100.5 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Onekakara Group; Taratu Formation Description: Quartz conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, mudstone and coal seams. Comments: Zealandia Megasequence Terrestrial and Shallow Marine Sedimentary Rocks (Paleogene to Cretaceous) Lithology: Conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, coal 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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