Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 205146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Atiamuri
Broadlands (Ohaaki)
Lake Taupo
Ohakuri East Prospect
Ohakuri Prospect
Orakeikorako Thermal Area (Orakei Korako; The Hidden Valley)
Poihipi Road
Waikato River
Wairakei

Latitude: 38°32'28"S
Longitude: 176°6'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.541111111111,176.10138888889

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	Alum	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite
Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Cristobalite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Metavoltine	Mica	Milarite
Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Orpiment	Prehnite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Titanite
Topaz	Tridymite	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg N Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alum Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite
Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Coronadite Corundum
Cristobalite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Marcasite Metavoltine Mica Milarite
Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Orpiment Prehnite Pseudobrookite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tamarugite Titanite
Topaz Tridymite Zircon

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Akaganeite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*
Alunogen ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Dickite ()*	Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*
Ferro-edenite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Gold ()*
Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Meta-alunogen ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Osumilite ()*	Paratacamite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rosickýite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Schwertmannite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tamarugite ()*
Teschemacherite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*	Tschermigite ()*
Wairakite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	88330,88340	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	88340,88341	3419
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O			1	88332	63
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0	0	9	88319,88321,88322,88327,88328,88339,88340,88341,88342	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			4	88332,88339,88340,88342	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			3	88332,88340,88341	272
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	88340	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	88341	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			2	88340,88341	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0	0	2	88319,88342	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			1	88340	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0	0	1	88319	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			4	88318,88321,88324,88328	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	88340	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0	0	4	88319,88340,88341,88342	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0	0	2	88319,88340	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	88340	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	88340	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	0	0	1	88319	966
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			12	88321,88322,88324,88325,88328,88332,88333,88334,88335,88336,88337,88341	453
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	88341	651
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			2	88324,88327	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	88335	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0	0	4	88319,88340,88341,88342	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			9	88318,88321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,88328,88335	371
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			2	88321,88328	57
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	88321	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0	0	2	88319,88340	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	0	0	1	88319	131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	88330	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	88321,88322,88328	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	88321,88332,88340	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	88332	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			2	88332,88340	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			12	88318,88321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,88328,88335,88336,88337,88340	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			3	88332,88340,88341	2228
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			1	88332	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	88332,88340,88341,88342	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	88342	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			9	88318,88321,88322,88324,88328,88335,88337,88340,88341	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	88340	5674
Meta-alunogen ()*	None	Al₂(SO₄)₃·14H₂O			2	88332,88340	8
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O			1	88340	78
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O			1	88332	223
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			6	88318,88321,88328,88330,88340,88341	405
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)			5	88318,88322,88324,88325,88328	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0	0	3	88319,88340,88341	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	88340	128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	88332	254
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	88335	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	88340	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			6	88318,88324,88332,88340,88341,88342	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			2	88338,88340	511
Osumilite ()*	Milarite	KFe₂(Al₅Si₁₀)O₃₀			1	88318	15
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			1	88332	158
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			9	88318,88321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,88328,88335	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	88341,88342	1898
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅			1	88327	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	88330,88340,88341	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	88341	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0	0	2	88319,88340	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0	0	10	88318,88319,88321,88328,88329,88330,88332,88340,88341,88342	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			2	88338,88340	712
Rosickýite ()*	None	S			1	88340	22
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			4	88318,88328,88336,88337	598
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O			1	88332	37
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0	0	1	88319	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0	0	2	88319,88340	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			3	88320,88340,88341	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	88332	87
Teschemacherite ()*	None	(NH₄)H(CO₃)	0	0	1	88319	6
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			4	88321,88324,88328,88340	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	88341	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			10	88318,88321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,88328,88335,88337	458
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	88332	81
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	0	0	4	88319,88340,88341,88342	73
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	88321	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0031	Geothermal drillhole

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
	Michelle_0031	0	0	0		Age of mineralization									15353	Broadlands (Ohaaki), Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand	Broadlands	Browne (1972)		AM57_1304	Teschemacherite was found in the wellhead several weeks after the well had been shut. The 198 mm diameter pipe had been filled with teschemacherite crystals to ~0.5m and ejected "like a champagne cork" when pressurized.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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