Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Namosi District, Viti Levu, Fiji

Oldest recorded age at locality: 6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 227843
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227843.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Namosi District, Viti Levu, Fiji": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Nowai Prospect
Waimanu River Placers
Wainabama Prospect
Wainadoi Mine
Wainalou Mine (Wainalou Southeast)
Wainalou West Prospect (Wainalou)
Wainavuga Prospect
Wainikana Prospect
Wainivisowaqa
Waisoi Cu Deposit
Waivaka Cu Deposit
Waivaka West Cu Deposit

Latitude: 18°3'34"S
Longitude: 178°11'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.059444444444,178.19138888889

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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 Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite
Titanite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5.9	5.3	3	49593,49599,49600	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5.9	5.3	3	49593,49599,49600	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	5.9	5.3	1	49600	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	49593	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5.9	5.3	4	49593,49594,49595,49600	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	5.9	5.3	2	49593,49600	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	5.3	8	49591,49593,49594,49595,49598,49599,49600,49601	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.9	5.3	4	49593,49598,49599,49600	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5.9	5.3	2	49598,49600	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	5.3	9	49591,49593,49594,49595,49597,49598,49599,49600,49601	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	5.9	5.3	1	49598	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	5.9	5.3	1	49598	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5.9	5.3	3	49598,49599,49600	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	5.9	5.3	1	49598	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	49593	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5.9	5.3	1	49599	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5.9	5.3	4	49593,49598,49599,49600	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5.9	5.3	4	49593,49598,49599,49600	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.9	5.3	3	49590,49592,49598	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5.9	5.3	4	49593,49594,49595,49600	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	5.3	4	49593,49599,49600,49601	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	49590	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.9	5.3	4	49592,49593,49599,49600	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	5.3	6	49591,49593,49598,49599,49600,49601	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5.9	5.3	2	49598,49600	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	6	5.3	6	49591,49593,49598,49599,49600,49601	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	5.9	5.3	2	49593,49599	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5.9	5.3	5	49592,49593,49598,49599,49600	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	5.9	5.3	1	49598	186
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5.9	5.3	3	49593,49599,49600	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	5.9	5.3	1	49599	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	5.3	10	49590,49591,49593,49594,49595,49597,49598,49599,49600,49601	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	5.3	7	49591,49592,49593,49598,49599,49600,49601	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5.9	5.3	2	49593,49599	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	5.3	5	49594,49598,49599,49600,49601	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5.9	5.3	1	49599	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	5.9	5.3	1	49600	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	49593	4899

2 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
	PorphCu-00120	5.9	5.3	5.9–5.3									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Neotocite	Cu	58352	Waisoi Cu Deposit, Namosi District, Viti Levu, Fiji	Namosi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00311	6	6	6									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	205935	Waivaka Cu Deposit, Namosi District, Viti Levu, Fiji	Waivaka	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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