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:
Kawau Island Copper Mine, Kawau Island, Auckland Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kawau Island Copper Mine, Kawau Island, Auckland Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°26'9"S
Longitude: 174°49'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.435833333333,174.825

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.

Chalcanthite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcanthite Copper Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Halotrichite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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