Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 301064
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301064.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Correnso Mine, Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°23'4"S
Longitude: 175°51'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.384444444444,175.85805555556

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corrensite	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Corrensite ()*	Dickite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rectorite ()*	Saponite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corrensite Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	7	7	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	7	7	966
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	7	7	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	7	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	7	27198
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	7	7	49
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7	7	651
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	7	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	7	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	7	7	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7	7	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	7	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	7	7	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	7	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	7	7	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	7	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	7	61156
Rectorite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Na,Ca)Al₄(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·2H₂O	7	7	49
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	7	7	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	7	21482
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	7	7	36
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	7	7	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							Yes			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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