Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Whangamata, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 280100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whangamata, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Auckland Mine (Mananu; Wentworth)
Goldwater Claim (Silver King; Glamorgan; Herald; Observer)
Luck At Last Mine

Latitude: 37°12'59"S
Longitude: 175°49'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.216388888889,175.82305555556

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	Calcite	Copper	Mordenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Au C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Copper Mordenite None Pyrite Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gold ()*	Mordenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	88486	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	88486,88487	27770
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	88485,88486,88487	30554
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	88487	405
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	88485	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	88485,88486,88487	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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