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Locality Name:
Tararu, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 155845
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155845.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tararu, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Argosy Mine
Chicago Mine
City Of Dunedin Mine (Dunedin)
Day Dawn Mine
Eclipse Mine (Vulcan)
Kaiser Mine (Iron Cap)
Nordenfeldt Mine (Clunes; John O Groats)
Norfolk Mine
Ohio Creek Prospect (Ohio Stream)
Scandinavian Mine
Sunbeam Mine
Sylvia Mine (Little Agnes)
Tararu Creek
Temple Bar Mine
Watchman Mine

Latitude: 37°6'4"S
Longitude: 175°32'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.101111111111,175.5425

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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kobellite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nagyágite ()*	Petzite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Enargite Epidote Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite Melonite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	88441	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	88438	315
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	88441	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	88438	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	88438	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	88432,88435,88438	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	88441	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	88438,88441	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	88432,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88441	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	88432,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	88442	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	88438	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	88438	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88438	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	88438	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88438	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9	88432,88433,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14	88430,88431,88432,88433,88434,88435,88436,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88443,88444	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	88435,88438	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88438	5591
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅	1	88432	87
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88438	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	88441	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	88438	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	88432,88435,88438,88441	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	1	88441	67
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	88436	409
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	88437	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	88436,88437,88438	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	88430,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	88432,88433,88437	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88438	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	88430,88431,88432,88433,88434,88435,88436,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88443,88444	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	5	88433,88437,88440,88441,88444	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	4	88433,88437,88440,88444	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	88438	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	88436	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	88432,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	88441	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	88432,88438	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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