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Locality Name:
Golden Gully, Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 15384
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15384.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golden Gully, Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°1'59"S
Longitude: 173°57'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.033055555556,173.96638888889
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 Mg Na O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCalciteChalcopyriteGismondineMeliliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnite
PyritePyroxeneSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTobermoriteWollastonite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Analcime  (*)Calcite  (*)Cebollite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Foshagite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Kilchoanite  (*)Larnite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rankinite  (*)Scawtite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O041
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cebollite  (*)MeliliteCa5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)4013
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)2019
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O0128
Kilchoanite  (*)NoneCa6(SiO4)(Si3O10)09
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)048
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)0363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O7025
Scawtite  (*)NoneCa7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O025
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)054
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)0114
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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