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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 11
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10

mindat Locality ID: 301646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magnet Mine, Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°7'9"S
Longitude: 175°33'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.119166666667,175.55444444444

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 Au Ba Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperDiasporeEnargiteKaoliniteNonePyritePyrophyllite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1110011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21110027198
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)11100481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411100651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS411100910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1110024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1110030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4111005591
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21110039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)211100771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21110061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1110021482



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
PorphCu-00195111011–10     YesAlunite, 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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