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Locality Name:
Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 26514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 142
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 121

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Coromandel Peninsula
Hikuai
Kauaeranga Valley
Neavesville (Nevesville)
Omahu
Repanga Island (Cuvier Island)
Tairua
Tararu
Thames
Thames Valley
Waiomu
Whangamata

Latitude: 37°2'29"S
Longitude: 175°40'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.041388888889,175.67305555556

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H Hg Ir K La Mg Mn Mo Na Nd O P Pb Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenic
ArsenoliteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBerylBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteEpidote
EpsomiteFeldsparGarnetGypsumHeulanditeKaoliniteKobelliteLanthaniteLepidocrociteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteMordeniteNatroliteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePharmacosideritePolybasitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
TourmalineTridymiteUytenbogaardtiteWurtziteZircon

125 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Allanite-(La)  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)
Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Chlorapatite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Ferro-edenite  (*)Feruvite  (*)Fischesserite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Grandidierite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Iridium  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Lanthanite-(Nd)  (*)
Lead  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Petrovskaite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Trechmannite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S6610588387,88408,88441,88445,884862793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS660288382,8840887
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3288438,88480315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)6610488349,88408,88426,884768803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)660188349706
Allanite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaLa(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)66018834925
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)36601883492353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1110288441,88477489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)66610588372,88374,88403,88438,88476966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O660188349272
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O660288370,884171627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2660488349,88350,88408,884782162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51884381310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1884832734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)388432,88435,884381588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)26610588346,88445,88459,88474,884763092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2660188349718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)6610288405,884453250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs6610488361,88362,88368,88445379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3660188368231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS66101588348,88355,88361,88362,88380,88381,88393,88406,88445,88446,88458,88472,88476,88478,884809052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3660188349544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O66610288402,884452060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2660288355,884415509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)66101388349,88355,88408,88415,88445,88447,88448,88457,88459,88472,88476,88477,8848011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31884801935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS46610688349,88355,88438,88441,88445,884785516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3288478,884801089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)66102588349,88357,88362,88374,88382,88387,88389,88393,88404,88405,88406,88415,88432,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88441,88445,88476,88478,88483,88486,8848727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO26601883495171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1884804979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1110388445,88476,88478925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1884085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS266102988349,88392,88418,88432,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444,88445,88446,88447,88448,88455,88457,88458,88460,88466,88472,88474,88476,88477,88480,88481,8848327198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2188480162
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl188426203
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl660288346,884081382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1110588417,88445,88458,88472,884762600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81884421756
Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)HeulanditeCa3(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O66018840533
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1110188477169
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O660188349295
Copper  (*)CopperCu6601883493846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181884261008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS660388349,88408,884384165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1110288448,884782970
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1110488427,88438,88457,88478481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41110388427,88438,88457651
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O1110288445,88478164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21884789895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)188426648
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41110888438,88445,88447,88448,88455,88457,88472,88476910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)6610588349,88362,88415,88438,884458173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1110188476484
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)288413,88415371
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)218841757
Feruvite  (*)TourmalineCaFe2+3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18842615
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe218840824
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS66102388349,88368,88380,88381,88392,88393,88408,88432,88433,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444,88445,88446,88457,88477,88480,88481,8848324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)660388371,88404,884087437
Gold  (*)CopperAu66109588348,88352,88353,88354,88356,88359,88360,88361,88362,88363,88366,88367,88368,88369,88373,88374,88375,88376,88377,88378,88379,88380,88381,88382,88383,88385,88387,88392,88395,88396,88398,88399,88401,88402,88408,88410,88411,88412,88416,88418,88419,88420,88421,88422,88425,88430,88431,88432,88433,88434,88435,88436,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88443,88444,88445,88446,88447,88448,88449,88450,88451,88452,88454,88455,88456,88457,88458,88459,88460,88461,88463,88464,88465,88466,88467,88468,88469,88471,88472,88474,88475,88476,88477,88480,88481,88482,88483,88485,88486,8848730554
Grandidierite  (*)NoneMgAl3O2(BO3)(SiO4)18842640
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O6610488357,88405,88445,884766890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O366101388349,88357,88382,88401,88402,88404,88413,88415,88417,88435,88438,88476,8848014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te6610488368,88445,88459,88477804
Iridium  (*)CopperIr1110288445,88467162
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)66601883492228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41110988408,88410,88411,88418,88427,88438,88457,88476,884805591
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S3518843287
Lanthanite-(Nd)  (*)LanthaniteNd2(CO3)3·8H2O66018840510
Lead  (*)CopperPb1110188445192
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)288408,88427581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4288426,8843814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21110288441,8847612537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1110188445770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS26610788382,88408,88448,88458,88472,88476,884805674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1110188476915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1884264924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS26610488349,88418,88438,884455800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O288408,884271508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O660588346,88370,88413,88415,88487405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2660888362,88408,88418,88432,88435,88438,88441,8848017380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)318844167
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O6601884061236
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se660288382,88408192
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O588408,88415,88417,88427,884282994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1884262349
Petrovskaite  (*)NoneAuAgS1884089
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21110388436,88445,88477409
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O660188349428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2288415,884172273
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1110288445,88467485
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]188437716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31110188445733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311101088436,88437,88438,88445,88446,88450,88451,88456,88472,884761425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS266106588348,88349,88353,88354,88357,88361,88362,88368,88374,88380,88381,88382,88387,88392,88393,88396,88401,88402,88404,88405,88406,88408,88411,88415,88416,88417,88418,88419,88420,88422,88423,88426,88430,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444,88445,88447,88448,88450,88451,88452,88455,88456,88457,88458,88459,88460,88463,88466,88472,88474,88475,88476,88477,88480,88481,88483,8848539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO26610588371,88432,88433,88437,884453106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl6601883491725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21110388427,88438,88457771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8660388374,88380,884269056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO266108788348,88349,88352,88353,88354,88361,88362,88368,88371,88374,88380,88381,88382,88387,88391,88392,88393,88395,88396,88398,88399,88401,88402,88404,88406,88408,88410,88411,88413,88415,88416,88417,88418,88419,88420,88421,88422,88425,88426,88427,88430,88431,88432,88433,88434,88435,88436,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88443,88444,88445,88446,88447,88448,88450,88451,88452,88455,88456,88457,88458,88459,88460,88461,88463,88464,88465,88466,88467,88468,88469,88471,88472,88474,88475,88476,88477,88480,88481,88483,88485,88486,8848761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1110788433,88437,88440,88441,88444,88445,884801711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1110588433,88437,88440,88444,88445969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2660388349,88426,884385614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1884262705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O6601883931153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)6610488405,88415,88445,884766417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1110588408,88436,88445,88446,884675186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1884802473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31884261214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS66103588349,88368,88380,88381,88392,88408,88432,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444,88445,88446,88447,88448,88450,88452,88455,88456,88457,88460,88463,88466,88472,88474,88476,88477,88480,88481,8848321482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)660188393446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S366101388361,88392,88393,88445,88446,88450,88451,88452,88455,88458,88472,88474,884763418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS6601883492045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4188441337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1110388445,88477,88480510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131110488432,88438,88476,884805317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O6601883494899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O660188371433
Trechmannite  (*)NoneAgAsS21884087
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2660288382,88415458
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS218840846
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3660188393369
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1884275251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)6601883491025



2 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
ree-00489660Cenozoic        15237Coromandel Peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New ZealandCoromandel PeninsulaOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
PorphCu-00195111011–10      Alunite, Andalusite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, SphaleriteCu265414Thames Mine, Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New ZealandThamesSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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