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Locality Name:
Karangahake, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 15413
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15413.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karangahake, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ascot Mine
Crown Mine (Monastery; Mammoth; Ravenswood)
Rahu Prospect
Talisman Dubbo Mine (Earl Of Glasgow)
Talisman Mine
Woodstock Mine

Latitude: 37°25'18"S
Longitude: 175°43'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.421666666667,175.72083333333
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 Au Br C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mn Na O Pb S Si Te Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparKaoliniteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Dioptase  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S388245,88246,882472793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)488243,88245,88246,882478803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4488243,88245,88246,882475516
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr288246,88247227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)588243,88244,88245,88246,8824727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S388243,88245,882465707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2488243,88245,88246,8824727198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1882422600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS488243,88245,88246,882474165
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O0164
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)488243,88245,88246,882478173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS488243,88245,88246,8824724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)488243,88245,88246,882477437
Gold  (*)CopperAu488243,88245,88246,8824730554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te188246804
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41882425591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2488243,88245,88246,8824717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1882442994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2588243,88244,88245,88246,8824739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2688242,88243,88244,88245,88246,8824761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)488243,88245,88246,882471711
Silver  (*)CopperAg488243,88245,88246,882475186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS488243,88245,88246,8824721482


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