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:
Poya North Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

mindat Locality ID: 205591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poya North Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Honfleur Mine
Népoui
Népoui Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Népouite ()*
Opal ()*	Pecoraite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*
Siderite ()*	Takovite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Willemseite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore
Gypsum Hydrotalcite Malachite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	54410	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	54408	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	54408	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	54408	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	54410	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	54408	3531
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	54410	94
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	54410	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	54410,54412	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	54412	1188
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	54412	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	54412	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	54408	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	54408	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	54412	14640
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	54410	229
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	54410	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	54410,54412	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	54408	12537
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	54411,54412	66
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	54412	2994
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	54412	40
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	54408	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	54412	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	54410	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	54412	6417
Takovite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	54409	18
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	54410	73
Willemseite ()*	Clay Talc	Ni₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	54412	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120106	Népoui Mine, Poya North Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France	https://rruff.info/R120106

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