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Locality Name:
Yanawai Goldfield, Wailevu, Vanua Levu, Fiji


mindat Locality ID: 250100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanawai Goldfield, Wailevu, Vanua Levu, Fiji": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount Kasi Mine

Latitude: 16°45'55"S
Longitude: 179°1'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.765277777778,179.02666666667

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: Ag As Au Ba Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteLepidocrocite
MeloniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe149579489
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14957911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41495795516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2149579361
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21495795171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1495795707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214957927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1495794165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1495791027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4149579910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14957924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1495797437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14957930554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S1314957972
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314957914640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61495792228
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe414957921
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)149579581
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4149579198
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2149579409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214957939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214957961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14957921482
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe149579190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131495791803



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