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:
Nukundamu, Vanua Levu, Fiji

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 287411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nukundamu, Vanua Levu, Fiji": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Undu Mine ("Udu Mine")

Latitude: 16°9'50"S
Longitude: 179°57'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.163888888889,179.95777777778

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Enargite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Bonattite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Idaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Nukundamite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ba Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Enargite Gypsum Kaolinite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	5	1	49576	11547
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	5	5	1	49576	21
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	5	1	49576	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	5	1	49576	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5	5	1	49576	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	5	5	1	49576	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	5	1	49576	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	5	1	49576	6890
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	5	5	1	49576	142
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	5	1	49576	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	5	5	1	49576	1508
Nukundamite ()*	None	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6S₄	5	5	1	49576	16
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5	5	1	49576	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	5	1	49576	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	5	1	49576	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	5	1	49576	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	5	5	1	49576	1803

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
	vms-00470	5	5	Pliocene										S	1648	Undu Mine ("Udu Mine"), Nukundamu, Vanua Levu, Fiji	Undu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070398	Undu Mine ("Udu Mine"), Nukundamu, Vanua Levu, Fiji	https://rruff.info/R070398

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