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Locality Name:
Emperor Mine (Vatukoula Mine; Lolomo Mine), Vatukoula, Tavua Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji


mindat Locality ID: 14889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Emperor Mine (Vatukoula Mine; Lolomo Mine), Vatukoula, Tavua Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°30'24"S
Longitude: 177°51'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.506666666667,177.85305555556

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Se Si Te Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Se Si Te Ti V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparMarcasiteMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosideritePolybasite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Benleonardite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Empressite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kolbeckite  (*)
Krennerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nagyágite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pearceite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Benleonardite  (*)PolybasiteAg15Cu(Sb,As)2S7Te4020
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe20361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe0169
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe043
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kolbeckite  (*)PhosphosideriteSc(PO4)·2H2O026
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe80111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe20207
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3067
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se0192
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20253
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)092
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe40337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe0190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562



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