Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 31317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Hen And Chicken Islands (Marotere Islands; The Chickens)
Kauri Mountain (Reef Bay)
Opouteke Range
Opouteke-Pakotai Area
Pakotai
Parakao
Puhipuhi
Te Mata
Whangarei Heads

Latitude: 35°42'9"S
Longitude: 174°11'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.7025,174.18722222222

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copiapite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

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 Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copiapite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Buddingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Livingstonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Metastibnite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tripuhyite ()*	Valentinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5.3	0.01	1	87671	1588
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			1	87677	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5.3	0.01	3	87664,87671,87677	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	87670	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	87664	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	87670	5516
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈			1	87677	27
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	0.01	3	87664,87671,87677	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	5.3	0.01	1	87671	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	87664,87670	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	0.01	5	87654,87664,87667,87670,87671	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	5.3	0.01	1	87671	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	0.01	6	87671,87672,87674,87675,87676,87677	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	87664	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	87670	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	87670	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	87670	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	87678	8173
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	5.3	0.01	0		84
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	87664,87667,87670	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5.3	0.01	2	87671,87677	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.3	0.01	2	87671,87678	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	87670	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	5.3	0.01	0		741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5.3	0.01	3	87670,87671,87677	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄			1	87670	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	87670	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5.3	0.01	1	87671	2228
Livingstonite ()*	None	HgSb₄S₆(S)₂	5.3	0.01	2	87671,87672	24
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	87664	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	87664,87670,87678	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5.3	0.01	5	87667,87670,87671,87672,87677	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	87664	915
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5.3	0.01	1	87671	255
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5.3	0.01	1	87671	87
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	5.3	0.01	1	87671	300
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	5.3	0.01	1	87671	43
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5.3	0.01	4	87671,87672,87676,87677	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	5.3	0.01	2	87671,87677	511
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	5.3	0.01	0		303
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	5.3	0.01	1	87671	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	0.01	8	87654,87664,87667,87670,87671,87672,87677,87678	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	87678	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	87654,87670	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	0.01	6	87664,87670,87671,87673,87677,87678	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	5.3	0.01	2	87671,87677	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5.3	0.01	1	87671	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	87664	1153
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	5.3	0.01	1	87671	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5.3	0.01	2	87664,87671	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	87664,87667,87670	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	5.3	0.01	1	87671	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5.3	0.01	3	87671,87672,87673	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	5.3	0.01	2	87664,87671	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	87670	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5.3	0.01	1	87671	5317
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	5.3	0.01	1	87671	66
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	5.3	0.01	1	87671	369

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00061	5.3	0.01		?-?								Cinnabar, Livingstonite	Hg	15476	Puhipuhi, Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand		Craw et al. (2000)	10.1007/s002549900068	EG39_875

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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