Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Waisoi East, Waisoi Cu Deposit, Namosi District, Viti Levu, Fiji

mindat Locality ID: 302773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waisoi East, Waisoi Cu Deposit, Namosi District, Viti Levu, Fiji": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°'5"S
Longitude: 178°9'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.001388888889,178.16027777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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