Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alburnia Mine (Old Alburnia; New Alburnia), Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 11
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10

mindat Locality ID: 301653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alburnia Mine (Old Alburnia; New Alburnia), Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°7'19"S
Longitude: 175°32'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.121944444444,175.54861111111

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	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	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: Ag As Au Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	11	10	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	10	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	10	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	11	10	30554
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	11	10	1425
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	10	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	11	10	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	11	10	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	11	10	3418

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
	PorphCu-00195	11	10	11–10							Yes		Alunite, Andalusite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	265414	Thames Mine, Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand	Thames	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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