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Locality Name:
Parakao, Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 286825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parakao, Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Copper Queen Mine

Latitude: 35°43'"S
Longitude: 173°56'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.716666666667,173.93333333333
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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStannite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21876705509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41876705516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1876705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218767027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1876703846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1876704165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1876702970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18767024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1876706890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318767014640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4187670142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31876705433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218767012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21876705674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218767039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81876709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218767061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18767021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1876701101


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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