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Locality Name:
Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17

mindat Locality ID: 155843
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155843.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Awanui
Cape Brett
Karikari Peninsula
Kawerua
Kerikeri
Ngawha Geothermal Area
Okaihau
Opononi
Pungaere
Pupuke
Taipa
Te Hapua Quarry
Waikare
Whangaroa

Latitude: 35°9'41"S
Longitude: 173°39'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.161388888889,173.665

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Arsenolite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Dumortierite	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Ilvaite	Malachite	Marcasite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Stilbite

Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Babingtonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cowlesite ()*
Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Saponite ()*	Sauconite ()*
Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Valentinite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Arsenolite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Dumortierite Epidote Garnet Gypsum Ilvaite Malachite Marcasite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Stilbite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			2	87623,87627	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	87619	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	20	17	1	87614	1534
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	87624	295
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	20	17	1	87614	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	87618,87627	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	87625,87630	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	87618,87620,87622,87623,87627	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	87629	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	87625	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20	17	3	87614,87616,87625	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	87620,87629	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	87616,87625	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	87625	4165
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O			1	87618	84
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈			1	87617	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	20	17	1	87614	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20	17	2	87614,87625	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	87622	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	20	17	1	87614	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	87618,87622	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	20	17	1	87614	197
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	87629	230
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	87627	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	87622	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	87625	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	87620,87625	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	87620	397
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			2	87623,87627	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	17	6	87614,87616,87622,87625,87627,87629	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	87618	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20	17	2	87614,87629	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	87620	712
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	87618	301
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	20	17	1	87614	56
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃			1	87629	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	87618,87622,87626,87627	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	20	17	2	87614,87625	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	87618	189
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	87620,87629	3418
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	87629	369

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
	sedznpb-00345	20	17	20–17											58665	Motukokako Island (Piercy), Cape Brett, Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand	Motukokako	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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