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Locality Name:
Gladstone Hill Mine (Waihi Gladstone), Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

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

mindat Locality ID: 69164
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69164.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 37°23'32"S
Longitude: 175°51'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.392222222222,175.86194444444

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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O67702060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)77027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS277027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS77024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu77030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)47705591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS27705674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)277017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS277039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO277061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS77021482



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
AJES44_373-00021777     Yes Au58422Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New ZealandWaihiSillitoe (1997)10.1080/08120099708728318AJES44_373 


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