Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Martha Mine (Waihi Mine), Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7

mindat Locality ID: 15677
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15677.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Martha Mine (Waihi Mine), Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°23'20"S
Longitude: 175°50'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.388888888889,175.84166666667

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corrensite	Epidote	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corrensite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Inesite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Se Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corrensite Epidote Feldspar
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Titanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	7	7	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	7	7	87
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	7	7	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	7	7	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	7	7	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	7	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	7	27198
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	7	7	49
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	7	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	7	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	7	30554
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	7	7	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7	7	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	7	7	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	7	7	51
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	7	7	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	7	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	7	7	192
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	7	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	7	7	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	7	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	7	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	7	7	332
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	7	7	4899

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
	AJES44_373-00021	7	7	7							Yes			Au	58422	Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand	Waihi	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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