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:
Waikato District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 300906
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300906.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waikato District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Huntly
Maramarua
Ngatutura Volcanics
Otaua
Raglan
Rotowaro

Latitude: 37°31'5"S
Longitude: 174°57'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.518055555556,174.9625

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Vivianite

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Kaolinite Mica Natrolite None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Vivianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*
Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Vivianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	88499	27770
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88506	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88506	5591
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88499	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	88499,88501,88506	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	88499	425
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88506	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	88499	1236
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	88499,88506	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	88499	301
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	88499	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	88496,88506	6417
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	88502	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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