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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7

mindat Locality ID: 58422
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58422.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Correnso Mine
Favona Mine
Gladstone Hill Mine (Waihi Gladstone)
Martha Mine (Waihi Mine)
Rosemont Mine
Waihi Dredging Plant
Waihi Grand Junction Mine
Waihi Mine Conveyor
Waihi Silverton Mine
Waihi Union Mine
Winner Mine

Latitude: 37°23'25"S
Longitude: 175°51'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.390277777778,175.8525

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corrensite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Corrensite ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Inesite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pararealgar ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rectorite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Saponite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tosudite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corrensite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	7	7	1	88264	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	7	7	2	88262,88264	87
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	7	7	1	88264	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	7	7	2	88261,88264	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	7	7	1	88261	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	7	7	1	88264	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	7	7	2	88261,88263	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	7	5	88261,88262,88263,88264,88271	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	7	7	1	88268	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	7	4	88261,88262,88263,88264	27198
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	7	7	3	88261,88262,88264	49
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7	7	1	88261	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	7	1	88264	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	7	4	88261,88262,88263,88264	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	7	8	88261,88262,88263,88264,88265,88267,88269,88270	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	7	1	88268	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	7	7	1	88262	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	7	7	1	88261	5433
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	7	7	1	88264	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7	7	4	88261,88262,88263,88264	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	7	7	0		111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	7	1	88261	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	7	7	3	88262,88263,88264	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	7	7	1	88264	51
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	7	7	1	88264	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	7	7	1	88261	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	7	4	88261,88262,88263,88264	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	7	7	2	88262,88264	192
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	7	7	1	88261	471
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	7	7	1	88268	511
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	7	7	1	88268	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	7	6	88261,88262,88263,88264,88268,88271	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	7	7	2	88263,88264	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	7	6	88261,88262,88263,88264,88268,88271	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	7	7	1	88268	712
Rectorite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Na,Ca)Al₄(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·2H₂O	7	7	1	88261	49
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	7	7	1	88268	293
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	7	7	1	88261	301
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	7	7	1	88268	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	7	4	88261,88262,88263,88264	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	7	7	1	88268	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	7	7	1	88264	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	7	1	88262	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	7	7	1	88264	4899
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	7	7	1	88261	36
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	7	7	1	88261	5251

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
	AJES44_373-00021	7	7	7										Au	58422	Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand	Waihi	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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