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Locality Name:
Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 123306
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123306.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry)
Golden Gully
Tokatoka Quarry

Latitude: 36°2'37"S
Longitude: 173°59'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.043611111111,173.98805555556

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteCorundumCristobalite
FeldsparGarnetGismondineGypsumHarmotomeMeliliteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PectolitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteThomsoniteTobermoriteWollastonite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cebollite  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Foshagite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kilchoanite  (*)Larnite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rankinite  (*)
Scawtite  (*)Siderite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tobermorite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O18764841
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O287647,876481627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1876473250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18764711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18764827770
Cebollite  (*)MeliliteCa5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)418764813
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O18764766
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218764827198
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61876484135
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)218764819
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O187648128
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O187647167
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1876476890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O187647290
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31876475433
Kilchoanite  (*)NoneCa6(SiO4)(Si3O10)1876489
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)18764848
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4287647,8764814899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1876471236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1876472349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)187648363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21876481898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2287647,8764839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81876489056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O718764825
Scawtite  (*)NoneCa7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O18764825
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)287647,876496417
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)18764854
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O187647452
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)187648114
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21876472562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31876481247



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