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Locality Name:
Tavua Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji


mindat Locality ID: 18872
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18872.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tavua Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vatukoula

Latitude: 17°37'32"S
Longitude: 177°57'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.625555555556,177.96277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Se Si Te Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsum
IronKaoliniteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaNickelineNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosiderite
PolybasitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSchreyeriteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

70 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Benleonardite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Empressite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Karelianite  (*)
Kolbeckite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nolanite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Petzite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schreyerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vanadium  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1496142793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1496148803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe249611,49614489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6149613966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21496112162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2249611,496143092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS249611,496149052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14961111547
Benleonardite  (*)PolybasiteAg15Cu(Sb,As)2S7Te4249611,4961420
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1496141966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31496141935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41496145516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31496111089
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2249611,49614361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)249611,4961427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2249611,4961427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1496112600
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe249611,49614169
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5149614344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1496144165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2149613453
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2249611,496149895
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe14961143
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4149614910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)249611,496148173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21496149617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS249611,4961424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu449611,49612,49614,4961530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1496146890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314961414640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te249611,49614804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31496115433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61496142228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4249613,496145591
Karelianite  (*)CorundumV2O314961417
Kolbeckite  (*)PhosphosideriteSc(PO4)·2H2O14961126
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe8249611,49614111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4249611,4961414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2249611,496145674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2149611207
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2249611,4961417380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)314961167
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se149611192
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)214961419
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)249611,496142349
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]149611249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2249611,49614409
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]149611716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3149611733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31496111425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2249611,4961439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21496113106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2149613771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81496119056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2549611,49612,49613,49614,4961561156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS149611712
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2249611,49614253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21496145614
Schreyerite  (*)SchreyeriteV3+2Ti4+3O914961410
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS249611,4961421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3249611,496143418
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)249611,4961492
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4249611,49614337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe249611,49614190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3149614276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13249611,496141803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13249611,496145317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1496144899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21496112562
Vanadium  (*)IronV1496145


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