Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 15602
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15602.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitianga, Coromandel Peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mahakirau River
Whitianga Quarry (309 Road Quarry; McCleods Quarry)
Whitianga Road Cutting (Whitianga Hill)

Latitude: 36°49'31"S
Longitude: 175°39'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.825277777778,175.655

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Heulandite	Lanthanite	Natrolite	None
Pyrite	Quartz

Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lanthanite-(Nd) ()*	Natrolite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Na Nd O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Heulandite Lanthanite Natrolite None
Pyrite Quartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	88405	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	88406	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	88404,88405,88406	27770
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	88405	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	88404	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	88405	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88404	14640
Lanthanite-(Nd) ()*	Lanthanite	Nd₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	1	88405	10
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	88406	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	88404,88405,88406	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	88404,88406	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	88405	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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