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Locality Name:
Wharekirauponga, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 15597
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15597.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wharekirauponga, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Royal Standard Mine

Latitude: 37°17'29"S
Longitude: 175°49'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.291388888889,175.82722222222
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 As Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDigeniteKaoliniteMica
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1882979052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218829727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1882974165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2188297453
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1882971027
Gold  (*)CopperAu18829730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318829714640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41882975591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1882971508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218829717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218829739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81882979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218829761156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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