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Locality Name:
Hicks Bay, Gisborne Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 15378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hicks Bay, Gisborne Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mangatutu Stream Prospect

Latitude: 37°37'22"S
Longitude: 178°14'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.622777777778,178.23388888889
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteFeldsparMarcasiteMicaNatrolite
NickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Beidellite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21875123419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1875128803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61875122060
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O18751285
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18751227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1875125707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218751227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1875124165
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31875125433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418751214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21875125674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218751217380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1875121236
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O187512471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218751239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81875129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218751261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18751221482


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