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Locality Name:
Emperor Mine (Vatukoula Mine; Lolomo Mine), Vatukoula, Tavua Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji

mindat Locality ID: 14889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Emperor Mine (Vatukoula Mine; Lolomo Mine), Vatukoula, Tavua Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°30'24"S
Longitude: 177°51'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.506666666667,177.85305555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphosiderite	Polybasite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Benleonardite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Empressite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kolbeckite ()*
Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nagyágite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pearceite ()*	Petzite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Hg K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Se Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Se Si Te Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Marcasite Melonite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phosphosiderite Polybasite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Benleonardite ()*	Polybasite	Ag₁₅Cu(Sb,As)₂S₇Te₄	20
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	169
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	43
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kolbeckite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Sc(PO₄)·2H₂O	26
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	207
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	67
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	192
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	249
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	253
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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