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:
Waiau, Coromandel Peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 299939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299939.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
309 Road
Matawai Mine (Progress Castle Rock)
Waingaro Stream

Latitude: 36°48'9"S
Longitude: 175°33'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.8025,175.555

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Stibnite

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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Stibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Valentinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	88393	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	88393	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	88392	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	88392,88393	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	88392	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	88392,88393	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	88391,88392,88393	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	88393	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	88392	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	88393	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	88392,88393	3418
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	88393	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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