Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Diahot River Valley, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

mindat Locality ID: 24738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diahot River Valley, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
26e Soldat Prospect
Ao Mine
Balade Mine (Ballade Mine)
Banianou Prospect
Delaveuve Prospect
Fern Hill Mine
Mérétrice Mine
Murat Mine
Pilou West Prospect
Pilou-Nemou Mine

Latitude: 20°20'45"S
Longitude: 164°22'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.345833333333,164.37083333333

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Carpholite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Lawsonite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite	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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Carpholite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Jalpaite Lawsonite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Talc
Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*
Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Deerite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Idaite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Linarite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Selenium ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	54378	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	54376	1022
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	54373	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	54378,54381	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	54374	2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	54378	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	54374,54377,54378	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	54378	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	7	54373,54374,54376,54378,54379,54380,54381	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	54378	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	54373,54374	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	54374,54377,54379	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	54374,54378	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	54373,54374,54378,54381	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	54375,54378,54381	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	54381	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	6	54372,54373,54374,54378,54380,54381	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	54372,54373,54374,54376,54377,54378,54379,54380,54381	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2	54374,54379	376
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	54374	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	6	54372,54373,54374,54377,54378,54381	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	54374	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	54374,54378	2970
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅	0		27
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	54373,54378,54381	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	54374	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	54374,54381	8173
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	1	54373	25
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	54373,54374,54377,54378,54379,54381	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	54374,54379	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	54378	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	54374,54377	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	54374	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	54374	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	54378	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	54374	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	54378	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	54378	1066
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	2	54377,54381	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	54372,54374,54376,54379	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	54378	116
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	54377	2228
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	54373,54378	121
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	54378,54381	987
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	54374	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	54373,54381	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	54374,54376,54379	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	10	54372,54373,54374,54375,54376,54377,54378,54379,54380,54381	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	54374,54379	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	54378	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	54377	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	54372,54373,54374,54376,54377,54378,54379,54381	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	54378	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	54377,54381	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	54374,54378,54379,54381	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	54372,54373,54374,54376,54377,54378,54380,54381	61156
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	54374	143
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	54374,54378	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	54378	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	54373,54374,54377,54378,54379,54381	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2	54374,54379	456
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	54378	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	54374	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	54373,54374	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	54377,54378	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	54373,54374,54377,54378	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	0		652
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	54378	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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