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

mindat Locality ID: 15373
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15373.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coromandel, Coromandel Peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bunkers Hill Mine
Coromandel Quarry
Golden Bay Prospect
Golden Pah Mine
Golden Shore Mine (Golden Point; Preeces Point)
Hauraki Mines
Kapanga Mine
Kathleen Crown Mine
Kathleen Mine
Keven's Reef
Lillis Mine (Whangapoua Mine)
Success Mine (Try Again; Sea View)
Tokatea Mine
Union Beach Mine (Green Harp)

Latitude: 36°45'20"S
Longitude: 175°29'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.755555555556,175.4975

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.

Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Cu Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	3	88361,88362,88368	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	88368	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	88361,88362	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	88357,88362	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88362	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	88368	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10	88356,88359,88360,88361,88362,88363,88366,88367,88368,88369	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	88357	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88357	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	88368	804
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88362	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	88357,88361,88362,88368	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	88361,88362,88368	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	88368	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	88361	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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