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Locality Name:
Maharahara Copper Mine, Maharahara, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 2441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maharahara Copper Mine, Maharahara, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°13'54"S
Longitude: 175°52'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.231666666667,175.87222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg O P S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovellite
CyanotrichiteHydrotalciteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphophyllitePyriteSphalerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brugnatellite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dioptase  (*)Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Phosphophyllite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stichtite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O032
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O088
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O0164
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O029
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O043


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