Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cape Brett, Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17

mindat Locality ID: 279453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape Brett, Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Motukokako Island (Piercy)

Latitude: 35°9'59"S
Longitude: 174°20'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.166388888889,174.34027777778

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	Ilvaite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

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 Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Ilvaite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sauconite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	20	17	1	87614	1534
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	20	17	1	87614	161
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20	17	1	87614	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	20	17	1	87614	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20	17	1	87614	24243
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	20	17	1	87614	741
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	20	17	1	87614	197
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	17	1	87614	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20	17	1	87614	61156
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	20	17	1	87614	56
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	20	17	1	87614	21482

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
	sedznpb-00345	20	17	20–17											58665	Motukokako Island (Piercy), Cape Brett, Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand	Motukokako	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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