Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Waikato Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 26507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waikato Region, New Zealand": 272
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 225

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Hamilton City
Hauraki District
Maratoto-Wentworth Area
Matamata-Piako District
Otorohanga District
South Waikato District
Tairua
Taupo District
Te Aroha
Te Kuiti
Thames-Coromandel District
Waikato District
Waipa District
Waitomo District

Latitude: 37°40'26"S
Longitude: 175°34'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.673888888889,175.57555555556

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 Al As Au B Ba Bi Br C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K La Mg Mn Mo N Na Nd Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAllophaneAlumAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatite
AragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBerylBournoniteBrochantiteBrucite
CalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteConnelliteCopper
CoronaditeCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteDundasiteEnargite
EpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHeulanditeKaoliniteKobelliteKtenasite
LanthaniteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMeneghiniteMetavoltineMica
MilariteMiniumMolybdeniteMordeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpiment
PectolitePharmacosideritePolybasitePrehnitePseudobrookitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStibniteSulphur
TamarugiteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineTridymiteUytenbogaardtiteVivianiteWurtzite
Zircon

209 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Akaganeite  (*)
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite-(La)  (*)Allophane  (*)
Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Chlorapatite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corrensite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Edenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)Feruvite  (*)
Fischesserite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Grandidierite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Inesite  (*)Iridium  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kalinite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Lanthanite-(Nd)  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lead  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Maghemite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Meta-alunogen  (*)
Metavoltine  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Mirabilite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Mullite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nagyágite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)
Osumilite  (*)Pararealgar  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Petrovskaite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rectorite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Rosenhahnite  (*)Rosickýite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Saponite  (*)Schorl  (*)Schwertmannite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Sylvite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Teschemacherite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tosudite  (*)Trechmannite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wairakite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S6672588240,88241,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88251,88252,88253,88257,88259,88264,88274,88279,88284,88301,88302,88330,88340,88387,88408,88441,88445,884862793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2288340,883413419
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS660788249,88253,88257,88262,88264,88382,8840887
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3288438,88480315
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O18833263
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS77188264312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)66102288243,88245,88246,88247,88261,88264,88292,88301,88319,88321,88322,88327,88328,88339,88340,88341,88342,88349,88408,88426,88476,885108803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)660188349706
Allanite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaLa(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)66018834925
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O188301470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)36601883492353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1110288441,88477489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)66671288261,88284,88332,88339,88340,88342,88345,88372,88374,88403,88438,88476966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O660488332,88340,88341,88349272
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O660288370,884171627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2660588340,88349,88350,88408,884782162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5288341,884381310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31885101534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)288301,884832734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)588340,88341,88432,88435,884381588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)266101188249,88250,88251,88257,88301,88302,88346,88445,88459,88474,884763092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2660188349718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)6610588319,88342,88405,88445,885103250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs6610588340,88361,88362,88368,88445379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3660188368231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS66102188250,88264,88284,88296,88297,88319,88348,88355,88361,88362,88380,88381,88393,88406,88445,88446,88458,88472,88476,88478,884809052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3660188349544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O66671188261,88263,88284,88301,88318,88321,88324,88328,88402,88445,885102060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2660388301,88355,884415509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)66101788284,88301,88302,88340,88349,88355,88408,88415,88445,88447,88448,88457,88459,88472,88476,88477,8848011547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6188301132
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S377288240,884801935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS466101488241,88243,88245,88246,88247,88257,88284,88300,88349,88355,88438,88441,88445,884785516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3288478,884801089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61883011633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr388246,88247,88298227
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2188510462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)66105888243,88244,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88251,88252,88253,88254,88257,88259,88261,88262,88263,88264,88271,88284,88287,88288,88290,88291,88292,88294,88301,88302,88319,88340,88341,88342,88349,88357,88362,88374,88382,88387,88389,88393,88404,88405,88406,88415,88432,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88441,88445,88476,88478,88483,88486,88487,88499,8851027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO26601883495171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)288301,884804979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O477188268352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1110588284,88301,88445,88476,88478925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1188241,88243,88245,88246,88250,88253,88257,88288,88300,88301,884085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS266105188241,88243,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88252,88253,88257,88261,88262,88263,88264,88284,88288,88296,88297,88301,88302,88319,88340,88349,88392,88418,88432,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444,88445,88446,88447,88448,88455,88457,88458,88460,88466,88472,88474,88476,88477,88480,88481,8848327198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2188480162
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl188426203
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl660488240,88301,88346,884081382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41885103902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4188510951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11101088242,88274,88301,88302,88340,88417,88445,88458,88472,884762600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8288442,885101756
Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)HeulanditeCa3(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O66018840533
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)288340,885101025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS00188319966
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1110188477169
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O660188349295
Copper  (*)CopperCu660288301,883493846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181884261008
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O77588261,88262,88264,88284,8829149
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl27718824054
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS6601588241,88243,88245,88246,88247,88250,88253,88257,88288,88296,88297,88301,88349,88408,884384165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21588284,88296,88297,88321,88322,88324,88325,88328,88332,88333,88334,88335,88336,88337,88341453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1110388301,88448,884782970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O188301366
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1110488427,88438,88457,88478481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4117588261,88341,88427,88438,88457651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S288296,882971027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61885104135
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O1110388241,88445,88478164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2688249,88250,88251,88257,88301,884789895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)188426648
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O18830197
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2288324,88327160
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41110888438,88445,88447,88448,88455,88457,88472,88476910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6188335944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)66102288243,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88264,88288,88290,88292,88300,88301,88319,88340,88341,88342,88349,88362,88415,88438,88445,885108173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1110288301,88476484
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1188318,88321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,88328,88335,88413,88415371
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2388321,88328,8841757
Feruvite  (*)TourmalineCaFe2+3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18842615
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe218840824
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)288316,883211188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS66104388241,88243,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88252,88253,88257,88261,88262,88263,88264,88284,88288,88301,88302,88319,88340,88349,88368,88380,88381,88392,88393,88408,88432,88433,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444,88445,88446,88457,88477,88480,88481,8848324243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS00188319131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)660988241,88243,88245,88246,88247,88301,88371,88404,884087437
Gold  (*)CopperAu66713988240,88241,88243,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88251,88252,88253,88254,88257,88259,88261,88262,88263,88264,88265,88267,88269,88270,88276,88278,88279,88280,88283,88284,88285,88289,88291,88293,88294,88296,88297,88301,88302,88303,88305,88306,88307,88308,88310,88330,88348,88352,88353,88354,88356,88359,88360,88361,88362,88363,88366,88367,88368,88369,88373,88374,88375,88376,88377,88378,88379,88380,88381,88382,88383,88385,88387,88392,88395,88396,88398,88399,88401,88402,88408,88410,88411,88412,88416,88418,88419,88420,88421,88422,88425,88430,88431,88432,88433,88434,88435,88436,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88443,88444,88445,88446,88447,88448,88449,88450,88451,88452,88454,88455,88456,88457,88458,88459,88460,88461,88463,88464,88465,88466,88467,88468,88469,88471,88472,88474,88475,88476,88477,88480,88481,88482,88483,88485,88486,8848730554
Grandidierite  (*)NoneMgAl3O2(BO3)(SiO4)18842640
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS188301717
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2388321,88322,88328223
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O6610988284,88301,88321,88332,88340,88357,88405,88445,884766890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl288250,883321398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O288332,88340409
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS18830162
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36673488268,88284,88287,88290,88291,88296,88297,88301,88318,88321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,88328,88335,88336,88337,88340,88349,88357,88382,88401,88402,88404,88413,88415,88417,88435,88438,88476,88480,8850614640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te6671488246,88249,88250,88251,88253,88257,88258,88259,88262,88301,88368,88445,88459,88477804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3771882615433
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O7718826450
Iridium  (*)CopperIr1110288445,88467162
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6660688284,88301,88332,88340,88341,883492228
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O18833254
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41172688242,88250,88261,88262,88263,88264,88284,88288,88292,88296,88297,88301,88332,88340,88341,88342,88408,88410,88411,88418,88427,88438,88457,88476,88480,885065591
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S3518843287
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe877188260111
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O18830175
Lanthanite-(Nd)  (*)LanthaniteNd2(CO3)3·8H2O66018840510
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O688287,88290,88291,88300,88301,883421271
Lead  (*)CopperPb1110188445192
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)388301,88408,88427581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2188301987
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4288301,88499229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1883011487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4771888261,88284,88301,88318,88321,88322,88324,88328,88335,88337,88340,88341,88426,88438,88499,88501,88506,8851014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21110388301,88441,8847612537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1110188445770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS26671788249,88253,88257,88262,88263,88264,88274,88284,88301,88340,88382,88408,88448,88458,88472,88476,884805674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO188301202
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S47718826451
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1110288301,88476915
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O188499425
Meta-alunogen  (*)NoneAl2(SO4)3·14H2O288332,883408
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O18834078
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1884264924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1883011107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4188301247
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O188332223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2667588264,88349,88418,88438,884455800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O77788261,88284,88296,88297,88301,88408,884271508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O6601688287,88290,88291,88294,88315,88318,88321,88328,88330,88340,88341,88346,88370,88413,88415,88487405
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)588318,88322,88324,88325,8832878
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26603488243,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88252,88253,88261,88262,88263,88264,88284,88287,88288,88290,88291,88292,88294,88296,88297,88301,88319,88340,88341,88362,88408,88418,88432,88435,88438,88441,88480,8850617380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)318844167
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6288284,88340128
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6188332254
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O660388335,88406,884991236
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se660488262,88264,88382,88408192
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O77288261,88340471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1288244,88318,88324,88332,88340,88341,88342,88408,88415,88417,88427,884282994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S377388268,88338,88340511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)288302,884262349
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)618830164
Osumilite  (*)MilariteKFe2(Al5Si10)O3018831815
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S47718826857
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6188332158
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)188510363
Petrovskaite  (*)NoneAuAgS1884089
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21110388436,88445,88477409
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O660188349428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21188318,88321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,88328,88335,88415,884172273
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1110288445,88467485
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]288284,88437716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O188301309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2688288,88292,88301,88341,88342,885101898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31110188445733
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5188327164
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311101388252,88284,88302,88436,88437,88438,88445,88446,88450,88451,88456,88472,884761425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS266710188241,88243,88244,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88252,88253,88257,88259,88261,88262,88263,88264,88268,88271,88274,88279,88284,88287,88288,88289,88290,88291,88292,88294,88296,88297,88301,88302,88330,88340,88341,88348,88349,88353,88354,88357,88361,88362,88368,88374,88380,88381,88382,88387,88392,88393,88396,88401,88402,88404,88405,88406,88408,88411,88415,88416,88417,88418,88419,88420,88422,88423,88426,88430,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444,88445,88447,88448,88450,88451,88452,88455,88456,88457,88458,88459,88460,88463,88466,88472,88474,88475,88476,88477,88480,88481,88483,88485,8851039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO26610688284,88371,88432,88433,88437,884453106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl660288301,883491725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21110488341,88427,88438,88457771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S86601088250,88263,88264,88284,88297,88319,88340,88374,88380,884269056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2661013788241,88242,88243,88244,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88251,88252,88253,88254,88257,88259,88261,88262,88263,88264,88268,88271,88274,88276,88279,88283,88284,88285,88287,88288,88291,88292,88293,88294,88296,88297,88301,88302,88318,88319,88321,88328,88329,88330,88332,88340,88341,88342,88348,88349,88352,88353,88354,88361,88362,88368,88371,88374,88380,88381,88382,88387,88391,88392,88393,88395,88396,88398,88399,88401,88402,88404,88406,88408,88410,88411,88413,88415,88416,88417,88418,88419,88420,88421,88422,88425,88426,88427,88430,88431,88432,88433,88434,88435,88436,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88443,88444,88445,88446,88447,88448,88450,88451,88452,88455,88456,88457,88458,88459,88460,88461,88463,88464,88465,88466,88467,88468,88469,88471,88472,88474,88475,88476,88477,88480,88481,88483,88485,88486,88487,88499,88506,8851061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS77388268,88338,88340712
Rectorite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O7718826149
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11101888241,88243,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88251,88253,88257,88302,88433,88437,88440,88441,88444,88445,884801711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1110588433,88437,88440,88444,88445969
Rosenhahnite  (*)NoneCa3Si3O8(OH)21885108
Rosickýite  (*)NoneS18834022
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O77188268293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2660488284,88349,88426,884385614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)488318,88328,88336,88337598
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O77288261,88499301
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1884262705
Schwertmannite  (*)CoronaditeFe3+16O16(OH)9.6(SO4)3.2·10H2O18833237
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O188499390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O660288268,883931153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O188301292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)66101488249,88250,88251,88253,88257,88284,88301,88319,88405,88415,88445,88476,88496,885066417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11101588241,88243,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88251,88257,88284,88408,88436,88445,88446,884675186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)288301,884802473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31884261214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS66105588241,88243,88245,88246,88247,88249,88250,88252,88253,88257,88261,88262,88263,88264,88284,88288,88301,88302,88319,88340,88349,88368,88380,88381,88392,88408,88432,88433,88434,88435,88437,88438,88439,88440,88441,88444,88445,88446,88447,88448,88450,88452,88455,88456,88457,88460,88463,88466,88472,88474,88476,88477,88480,88481,8848321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41885101934
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)660188393446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S36671488268,88361,88392,88393,88445,88446,88450,88451,88452,88455,88458,88472,88474,884763418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS77188264332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS660588284,88320,88340,88341,883492045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4188441337
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl188250275
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O18833287
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe188301190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131883011803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1883011101
Teschemacherite  (*)None(NH4)H(CO3)001883196
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1110388445,88477,88480510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13117888253,88262,88284,88301,88432,88438,88476,884805317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O660988264,88284,88301,88321,88324,88328,88340,88349,885104899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O660188371433
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21883411476
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O7718826136
Trechmannite  (*)NoneAgAsS21884087
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO26601288318,88321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,88328,88335,88337,88382,88415458
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O18833281
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS218840846
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3660188393369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O188502636
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O00588301,88319,88340,88341,8834273
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2188510109
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)77488261,88284,88321,884275251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)6601883491025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0031Geothermal drillhole


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
AJES44_373-00021777       Au58422Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New ZealandWaihiSillitoe (1997)10.1080/08120099708728318AJES44_373 
Michelle_0031000 Age of mineralization      15353Broadlands (Ohaaki), Taupo District, Waikato Region, New ZealandBroadlandsBrowne (1972) AM57_1304Teschemacherite was found in the wellhead several weeks after the well had been shut. The 198 mm diameter pipe had been filled with teschemacherite crystals to ~0.5m and ejected "like a champagne cork" when pressurized.
ree-00489660Cenozoic        15237Coromandel Peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New ZealandCoromandel PeninsulaOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
PorphCu-00195111011–10      Alunite, Andalusite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, SphaleriteCu265414Thames Mine, Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New ZealandThamesSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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