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:
Te Ahumata (White Cliffs), Great Barrier Island, Auckland Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 302723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Te Ahumata (White Cliffs), Great Barrier Island, Auckland Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lees Reef

Latitude: 36°14'19"S
Longitude: 175°25'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.238611111111,175.41777777778

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.

Acanthite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Realgar ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Al As Au Cl Cu Fe Ge H K O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Cl Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	87332	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	1	87332	87
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1	87332	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	87332	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	87332	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	87332	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	87332	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	87332	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	87332	192
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	87332	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	87332	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	87332	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	87332	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	87332	712
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	87332	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	87332	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	87332	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	87332	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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