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Locality Name:
Northland Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 26821
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26821.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northland Region, New Zealand": 69
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Far North District
Kaipara District
Ross' Quarry
Whangarei District

Latitude: 35°35'26"S
Longitude: 173°54'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.590555555556,173.90555555556
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryte
CalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobalite
DiasporeDomeykiteDumortieriteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetGismondineGypsumHarmotomeHeulandite
IlvaiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeliliteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
OrpimentPectolitePrehnitePseudobrookitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
RutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteStanniteStibniteStilbiteSulphurTetrahedrite
ThomsoniteTitaniteTobermoriteTridymiteTurquoiseWollastonite

118 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Afwillite  (*)Albite  (*)Algodonite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Buddingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cavansite  (*)
Cebollite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cowlesite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Domeykite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Foshagite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gobbinsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gonnardite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Kilchoanite  (*)Larnite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Livingstonite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mogánite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Offretite  (*)Okenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Planerite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rankinite  (*)Realgar  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Saponite  (*)Sauconite  (*)Scawtite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spurrite  (*)
Stellerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Tripuhyite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61876381022
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O18764841
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)287635,876388803
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)18764141
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O987623,87627,87635,87637,87638,87645,87646,87647,876481627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21876192162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32017287614,876381534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)5.30.011876711588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)287633,876473250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2187624295
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs187677379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5.30.01387664,87671,876779052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6287633,876382060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21876705509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)2017187614161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)787618,87627,87635,87645,87646,87647,8766411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4387625,87630,876705516
Buddingtonite  (*)Feldspar(NH4)(AlSi3)O818767727
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5.30.011687618,87620,87622,87623,87627,87633,87635,87638,87640,87644,87645,87646,87648,87664,87671,8767727770
Cavansite  (*)NoneCa(V4+O)(Si4O10)·4H2O18763314
Cebollite  (*)MeliliteCa5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)4287646,8764813
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O45.30.01287629,87671352
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O187633310
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O287646,8764766
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S387625,87664,876705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2200.01987614,87616,87625,87648,87654,87664,87667,87670,8767127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl5.30.011876711382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1876333531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS5.30.01887620,87629,87671,87672,87674,87675,87676,876772600
Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)HeulanditeNa6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O18764224
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O187664382
Copper  (*)CopperCu487616,87625,87633,876703846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS287625,876704165
Cowlesite  (*)NoneCa(Al2Si3)O10·5-6H2O487618,87633,87640,8764584
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2187646453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O287633,876702970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6287635,876484135
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As18763173
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18187617231
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6187635944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2017287614,876788173
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O65.30.0118765184
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1876351188
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)218764819
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2017587614,87625,87664,87667,8767024243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7187646114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O487633,87640,87646,87648128
Gobbinsite  (*)GismondineNa5(Si11Al5)O32·11H2O18763317
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5.30.01287671,876777437
Gold  (*)CopperAu5.30.01287671,8767830554
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O287635,87647167
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31876461544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O387622,87647,876706890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O287646,87647290
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6200.01287614,87651741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35.30.01687618,87622,87633,87670,87671,8767714640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4187670142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3487638,87646,87647,876705433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)2017187614197
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65.30.011876712228
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2187629230
Kilchoanite  (*)NoneCa6(SiO4)(Si3O10)287646,876489
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)287646,8764848
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O287627,876371271
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)25.30.01287671,8767224
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4787622,87635,87638,87646,87647,87648,8766414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2487625,87664,87670,8767812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25.30.01787620,87625,87667,87670,87671,87672,876775674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O187664915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg187620397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS5.30.01187671255
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S35.30.0118767187
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS25.30.01187671300
Mogánite  (*)NoneSiO2·nH2O5.30.0118767143
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O887623,87627,87635,87637,87638,87645,87647,876501236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)187635884
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O187640146
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O18763371
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O5.30.01587646,87671,87672,87676,876772994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S35.30.01287671,87677511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)287646,876472349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)287646,87648363
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O65.30.01187651303
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O18763543
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2387637,87646,876481898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS35.30.01187671733
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5187633164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2200.011887614,87616,87622,87625,87627,87629,87635,87638,87647,87648,87654,87664,87667,87670,87671,87672,87677,8767839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2287618,876783106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8387648,87654,876709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2200.01987614,87629,87646,87664,87670,87671,87673,87677,8767861156
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O7287646,8764825
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS5.30.01387620,87671,87677712
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2187638375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25.30.011876715614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O187618301
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O201718761456
Scawtite  (*)NoneCa7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O287646,8764825
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O187638390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1876641153
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O35.30.01287629,87671179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)5.30.011187618,87622,87626,87627,87640,87645,87646,87647,87649,87664,876716417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2017587614,87625,87664,87667,8767021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41876351934
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)287646,8764854
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O187618189
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)5.30.01187671446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S35.30.01587620,87629,87671,87672,876733418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5.30.01387635,87664,876712045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1876701101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135.30.011876715317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O387633,87638,87647452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1876384899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)287646,87648114
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2287638,876472562
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O45.30.0118767166
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O35.30.01287629,87671369
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3287646,876481247


2 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
sedznpb-00345201720–17        58665Motukokako Island (Piercy), Cape Brett, Far North District, Northland Region, New ZealandMotukokakoSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
Hg-000615.30.01 ?-?     Cinnabar, LivingstoniteHg15476Puhipuhi, Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand Craw et al. (2000)10.1007/s002549900068EG39_875 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040102Ross' Quarry, Northland Region, New Zealandhttps://rruff.info/R040102

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