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Locality Name:
Tui Mine, Te Aroha, Matamata-Piako District, Waikato Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 15250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tui Mine, Te Aroha, Matamata-Piako District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°31'10"S
Longitude: 175°43'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.519444444444,175.72972222222

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDundasiteEpidote
EpsomiteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteKtenasiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanterite
MicaMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

66 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hawleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Ktenasite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Maghemite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Osarizawaite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Wairakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)60132
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O097
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS062
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O075
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O40229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO0202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6064
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe0190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O073



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