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Locality Name:
Broadlands (Ohaaki), Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 15353
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15353.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broadlands (Ohaaki), Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°30'48"S
Longitude: 176°18'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.513333333333,176.31277777778

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 As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K N Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K N Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteEpidoteFeldspar
MicaNickelineNoneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Teschemacherite  (*)
Wairakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)0008803
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)0003250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS0009052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)00027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS200027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS000966
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0008173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS00024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS000131
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)200017380
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S80009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO200061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)0006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS00021482
Teschemacherite  (*)None(NH4)H(CO3)0006
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O00073



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0031Geothermal drillhole


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
Michelle_0031000 Age of mineralization      15353Broadlands (Ohaaki), Taupo District, Waikato Region, New ZealandBroadlandsBrowne (1972) AM57_1304Teschemacherite was found in the wellhead several weeks after the well had been shut. The 198 mm diameter pipe had been filled with teschemacherite crystals to ~0.5m and ejected "like a champagne cork" when pressurized.


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