Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tuvatu Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji

mindat Locality ID: 58347
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58347.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tuvatu Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°42'55"S
Longitude: 177°34'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.715277777778,177.58166666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite
Mica	Nolanite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Schreyerite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Benleonardite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Karelianite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nolanite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreyerite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vanadium ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite
Mica Nolanite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Schreyerite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Benleonardite ()*	Polybasite	Ag₁₅Cu(Sb,As)₂S₇Te₄	20
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	169
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Karelianite ()*	Corundum	V₂O₃	17
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nolanite ()*	Nolanite	V³⁺₈Fe³⁺₂O₁₄(OH)₂	19
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schreyerite ()*	Schreyerite	V³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	10
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vanadium ()*	Iron	V	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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