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


mindat Locality ID: 254869
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254869.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Maharahara

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: 

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)21875675509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18756711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41875675516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61875671633
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O18756732
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18756727770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O18756788
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1875675707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O187567194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218756727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1875673531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O187567295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1875673846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1875674165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1875672970
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O187567164
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318756714640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O187567593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218756712537
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O18756729
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O187567309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218756739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81875679056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18756721482
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O18756743


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