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Locality Name:
Kawau Island, Auckland Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 247464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kawau Island, Auckland Region, New Zealand": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kawau Island Copper Mine
Smelter House Bay Slag Locality

Latitude: 36°25'36"S
Longitude: 174°50'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.426666666667,174.8375

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.

Chalcanthite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcanthite Copper Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Halotrichite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	87335	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	87335	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	87335	925
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	87335	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	87335,87336	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	87335	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	87335	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	87335	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	87335	409
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	87335,87336	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	87335	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	87335	915
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	87335	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	87335	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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