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Locality Name:
Puhipuhi, Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand

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

mindat Locality ID: 15476
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15476.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puhipuhi, Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Mount Mitchell Prospect
Peach Orchard Road
Plum Duff Prospect
Puhipuhi Mine
Rising Sun Prospect

Latitude: 35°28'42"S
Longitude: 174°16'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.478333333333,174.27083333333

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousArsenoliteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeMarcasite
NoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibnite
SulphurTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Livingstonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Metastibnite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Mogánite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tripuhyite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)5.30.0101588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5.30.0109052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5.30.01027770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O45.30.010352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25.30.01027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl5.30.0101382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS5.30.01487672,87674,87675,876762600
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5.30.0107437
Gold  (*)CopperAu5.30.01030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35.30.01014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65.30.0102228
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)25.30.0118767224
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25.30.011876725674
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS5.30.010255
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S35.30.01087
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS25.30.010300
Mogánite  (*)NoneSiO2·nH2O5.30.01043
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O5.30.01287672,876762994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S35.30.010511
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS35.30.010733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25.30.0118767239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25.30.0118767361156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS5.30.010712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25.30.0105614
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O35.30.010179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)5.30.0106417
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)5.30.010446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S35.30.01287672,876733418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5.30.0102045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135.30.0105317
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O45.30.01066
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O35.30.010369



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-000615.30.01 ?-?     Cinnabar, LivingstoniteHg15476Puhipuhi, Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand Craw et al. (2000)10.1007/s002549900068EG39_875 


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