Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 15237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coromandel Peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Colville
Coroglen (Gumtown)
Coromandel
Fletcher Bay
Kopu-Hikuai Road (Waynes Wonder)
Kuaotunu
Ohui
Tapu Ferrierite Site
Waiau
Waikoromiko
Whangapoua
Whitianga

Latitude: 36°49'20"S
Longitude: 175°36'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.822222222222,175.60666666667

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.

Acanthite	Allanite	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite
Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Heulandite	Lanthanite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Titanite	Tridymite

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 Ce Cl Cu Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Nd O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cl Fe Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allanite Alunite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite
Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Heulandite Lanthanite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Titanite Tridymite

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite-(La) ()*
Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lanthanite-(Nd) ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Valentinite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	66	1	88387	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	66	1	88382	87
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	66	1	88349	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66	1	88349	706
Allanite-(La) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaLa(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66	1	88349	25
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	66	1	88349	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	3	88372,88374,88403	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	66	1	88349	272
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	66	1	88370	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	66	2	88349,88350	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	66	0		3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	66	1	88349	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	66	1	88405	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	66	3	88361,88362,88368	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	66	1	88368	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	66	8	88348,88355,88361,88362,88380,88381,88393,88406	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	66	1	88349	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	66	1	88402	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	1	88355	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	2	88349,88355	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66	2	88349,88355	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	11	88349,88357,88362,88374,88382,88387,88389,88393,88404,88405,88406	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	66	1	88349	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	2	88349,88392	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	66	0		1382
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	66	1	88405	33
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	66	1	88349	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	66	1	88349	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	66	1	88349	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66	2	88349,88362	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	6	88349,88368,88380,88381,88392,88393	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66	2	88371,88404	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	66	34	88348,88352,88353,88354,88356,88359,88360,88361,88362,88363,88366,88367,88368,88369,88373,88374,88375,88376,88377,88378,88379,88380,88381,88382,88383,88385,88387,88392,88395,88396,88398,88399,88401,88402	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	66	2	88357,88405	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	6	88349,88357,88382,88401,88402,88404	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	66	1	88368	804
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	1	88349	2228
Lanthanite-(Nd) ()*	Lanthanite	Nd₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	66	1	88405	10
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	66	1	88382	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	66	1	88349	5800
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	66	1	88370	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66	1	88362	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	66	1	88406	1236
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	66	1	88382	192
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	66	1	88349	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	21	88348,88349,88353,88354,88357,88361,88362,88368,88374,88380,88381,88382,88387,88392,88393,88396,88401,88402,88404,88405,88406	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	66	1	88371	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	66	1	88349	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	66	2	88374,88380	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	25	88348,88349,88352,88353,88354,88361,88362,88368,88371,88374,88380,88381,88382,88387,88391,88392,88393,88395,88396,88398,88399,88401,88402,88404,88406	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66	1	88349	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	66	1	88393	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	66	1	88405	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	5	88349,88368,88380,88381,88392	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	66	1	88393	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	66	3	88361,88392,88393	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	66	1	88349	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	66	1	88349	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	66	1	88371	433
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	66	1	88382	458
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	66	1	88393	369
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66	1	88349	1025

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
	ree-00489	66	0	Cenozoic											15237	Coromandel Peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand	Coromandel Peninsula	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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