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Locality Name:
Great Barrier Island, Auckland Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 15386
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15386.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Barrier Island, Auckland Region, New Zealand": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mine Bay (Miners Head; Otea)
Te Ahumata (White Cliffs)

Latitude: 36°9'22"S
Longitude: 175°22'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.156111111111,175.38027777778
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H K O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cu Fe Ge O S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArgyroditeArsenopyriteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
GermaniteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePrehnite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSartoriteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Galena  (*)
Germanite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S287331,873322793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS287331,8733287
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6287331,8733262
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS287331,873329052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21873305509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41873305516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18733027770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O187330925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1873305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2387330,87331,8733227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1873311382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1873304165
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S518733034
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS387330,87331,8733224243
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S16033
Gold  (*)CopperAu18733230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318733014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41873315591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS20230
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218733012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2287331,873325674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218733117380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se287331,87332192
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]287331,87332716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21873301898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3287331,87332733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3287331,873321425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2387330,87331,8733239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81873319056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218733061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS287331,87332712
Silver  (*)CopperAg287331,873325186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS387330,87331,8733221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31873323418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13287331,873325317


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