Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 259539
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259539.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 37°23'16"S
Longitude: 175°51'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.387777777778,175.85416666667

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.

Corundum	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Starkeyite	Stibnite

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: As Fe H O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe H O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Starkeyite Stibnite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Cervantite ()*	Hematite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pararealgar ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rozenite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	7	7	352
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	7	14640
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	7	7	511
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	7	7	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	7	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	7	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	7	7	712
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	7	7	293
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	7	7	1153
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	7	7	3418

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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