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

mindat Locality ID: 281873
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281873.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waiomu, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Monowai Mine
Paroquet Mine
Puru Consolidated Claim
Zeehan Mine

Latitude: 37°1'43"S
Longitude: 175°32'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.028611111111,175.54305555556

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Aikinite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Corundum
Kaolinite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	88480	315
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	88483	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	88480	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	88480	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	88480	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	88480	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	88483	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	88480	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	88480,88481,88483	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	1	88480	162
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	88480,88481,88483	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	88480,88481,88482,88483	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88480	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88480	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	88480	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88480	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	88480,88481,88483	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	88480,88481,88483	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	88480	1711
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	88480	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	88480,88481,88483	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	88480	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	88480	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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