Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vanua Levu, Fiji

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 25559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vanua Levu, Fiji": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nukundamu
Wailevu

Latitude: 16°27'52"S
Longitude: 179°29'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.464444444444,179.49194444444

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Enargite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Melonite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bonattite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kostovite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nukundamite ()*
Opal ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Enargite Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Melonite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	49579	489
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	5	2	49576,49579	11547
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	5	5	1	49576	21
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	5	2	49576,49579	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	49579	361
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	49579	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	49579	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	5	2	49576,49579	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5	5	2	49576,49579	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	49579	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	5	5	2	49576,49579	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	5	2	49576,49579	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	49579	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	49579	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃			1	49579	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	5	1	49576	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	49579	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	5	5	1	49576	142
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	49579	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	5	1	49576	5591
Kostovite ()*	None	AuCuTe₄			1	49579	21
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	49579	581
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	49579	198
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	5	5	1	49576	1508
Nukundamite ()*	None	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6S₄	5	5	1	49576	16
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5	5	1	49576	2994
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	49579	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	5	2	49576,49579	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	5	2	49576,49579	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	5	2	49576,49579	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			1	49579	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	5	5	2	49576,49579	1803

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00470	5	5	Pliocene										S	1648	Undu Mine ("Udu Mine"), Nukundamu, Vanua Levu, Fiji	Undu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070398	Undu Mine ("Udu Mine"), Nukundamu, Vanua Levu, Fiji	https://rruff.info/R070398

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