Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 15507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15507.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group

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 Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Diaspore None Not in a structural group

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dioptase ()*	Dolomite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	164
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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