Lee Bay, Oban, Stewart Island, Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealandi
Regional Level Types | |
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Lee Bay | Bay |
Oban | - not defined - |
Stewart Island | Island |
Southland District | District |
Southland Region | Region |
New Zealand | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 51' 45'' South , 168° 7' 9'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Oban | 387 (2011) | 4.1km |
Bluff | 1,938 (2011) | 33.4km |
Invercargill | 47,287 (2011) | 54.3km |
Woodlands | 285 (2011) | 64.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
300309
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:300309:4
GUID (UUID V4):
f1c95e1f-fa4c-4fb0-a916-f2345834da54
Brassy pyrite coated cobbles can be found at the high water mark at the western end of Lee Bay. The granite cobbles are coated with a 1 mm thick coating of pyrite, showing an inner colloform zone, and outer framboidal zone of pyrite.
At the microscopic level, the coating also contains sub-rounded grains of hematite, ilmenite with hematite blebs, magnetite, feldspar, biotite, quartz and zircon in the outer zone, with some ilmenite and hematite grains partially replaced by pyrite.
The suggested source is a weakly cemented goethite stained sand with black goethite coated amphibolite and granite cobbles, forming a low bank at the back of the beach. The cobbles are suggested as formed by microbial sulphate reduction of seawater sulphate.
Lee Bay is 5 kilometres north of Oban, and can be reached by road.
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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
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