Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Goro Mine, Yaté Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France

mindat Locality ID: 56918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goro Mine, Yaté Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°15'"S
Longitude: 167°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.25,167

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	Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Asbolane ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gedrite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*
Népouite ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Siderite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Willemseite ()*

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 Co Cr Fe H Li Mg Mn Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Co Cr Fe H Li Mg Mn Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	143
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	178
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	210
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	229
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	770
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	66
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Willemseite ()*	Clay Talc	Ni₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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