Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Waitekauri, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 265407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waitekauri, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Australia Mine
Durbar Mine
Golden Cross Mine
Grace Darling Mine (Portsea; Pyramid; Vender; Progress)
Huanui Mine
Jasper Creek Prospect
Jubilee Mine
Maoriland Mine (Young New Zealand; Welcome; Welcome Extended)
Scimitar Prospect
Scotia Deposit
Sovereign Deposit
St. Hippo Mine (Hippo; Waitekauri Extended)
Teutonic Mine
Waitekauri Mine (Old Waitekauri; New Waitekauri)

Latitude: 37°22'16"S
Longitude: 175°46'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.371111111111,175.76861111111

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Corrensite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corrensite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	88284	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	88292	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	88284	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	88284	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	88284	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	88284	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	88284	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	88284,88287,88288,88290,88291,88292,88294	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	88284	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	88288	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	88284,88288	27198
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	2	88284,88291	49
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	88288	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	88284	453
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	88288,88290,88292	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	88284,88288	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	88283,88284,88285,88289,88291,88293,88294	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	88284	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	88284,88287,88290,88291	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	88284	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	88284,88288,88292	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	3	88287,88290,88291	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88284	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	88284	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	88284	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	4	88287,88290,88291,88294	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	88284,88287,88288,88290,88291,88292,88294	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	88284	128
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	88284	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	88288,88292	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	88284	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	88284,88287,88288,88289,88290,88291,88292,88294	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	88284	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	88284	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	88283,88284,88285,88287,88288,88291,88292,88293,88294	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	88284	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	88284	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	88284	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	88284,88288	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	88284	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	88284	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	88284	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	88284	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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