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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:
Broadlands (Ohaaki), Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 15353
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15353.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broadlands (Ohaaki), Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°30'48"S
Longitude: 176°18'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.513333333333,176.31277777778

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Epidote	Feldspar
Mica	Nickeline	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Teschemacherite ()*
Wairakite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H K N Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K N Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Epidote Feldspar
Mica Nickeline None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	131
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Teschemacherite ()*	None	(NH₄)H(CO₃)	6
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	73

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0031	Geothermal drillhole

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0031	0	0	0		Age of mineralization									15353	Broadlands (Ohaaki), Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand	Broadlands	Browne (1972)		AM57_1304	Teschemacherite was found in the wellhead several weeks after the well had been shut. The 198 mm diameter pipe had been filled with teschemacherite crystals to ~0.5m and ejected "like a champagne cork" when pressurized.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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