Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

mindat Locality ID: 59144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northern Province, New Caledonia, France": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Canala Commune
Diahot River Valley
Galarino River
Houaïlou Commune
Kaala-Gomen Commune
Kouaoua Commune
Koumac Commune
Kua River
Ouégoa Commune
Pam Peninsula
Pouébo Commune
Poum Commune
Poya North Commune

Latitude: 20°17'55"S
Longitude: 164°16'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.298611111111,164.26888888889

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	Allanite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite
Auricupride	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Carpholite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Lawsonite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Thortveitite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb Rh Ru S Sb Sc Se Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allanite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite
Auricupride Baryte Brochantite Calcite Carpholite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Gypsum Hydrotalcite Jalpaite Kaolinite Lawsonite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica
Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene
Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Thortveitite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

125 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*
Almandine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Augite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Deerite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erlichmanite ()*	Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laurite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Linarite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miassite ()*
Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Népouite ()*	Nickel ()*
Omphacite ()*	Opal ()*	Orcelite ()*	Pecoraite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Selenium ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Sulphur ()*	Takovite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thortveitite ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Tschermakite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Willemseite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Xingzhongite ()*	Yttrialite-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	54378	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	54376	1022
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	54373	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	54371,54378,54381,54402	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	54401	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	54374,54404	2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	54378	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	54374,54377,54378	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	54385	143
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	54410	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	54378	919
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	54388	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	8	54373,54374,54376,54378,54379,54380,54381,54408	5509
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	54402	49
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	54378	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	54373,54374	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	54374,54377,54379	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	54374,54378	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	54373,54374,54378,54381	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	54401	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	54375,54378,54381,54408	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	54381	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	6	54372,54373,54374,54378,54380,54381	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	54372,54373,54374,54376,54377,54378,54379,54380,54381,54396,54408	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	3	54371,54374,54379	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5	54388,54396,54397,54406,54410	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	54408	3531
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	54410	94
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	54371	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	54369,54374	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	6	54372,54373,54374,54377,54378,54381	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	54385	599
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	54374	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	54374,54378	2970
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅	2	54371,54400	27
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	54410	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	54373,54378,54381	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	54374	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	4	54385,54406,54410,54412	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	54371,54374,54381,54401,54402	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	2	54388,54396	110
Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	54402	26
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	1	54373	25
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	4	54369,54385,54406,54412	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	54373,54374,54377,54378,54379,54381	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	3	54385,54406,54412	504
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	54374,54379,54404	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	54378,54385,54406,54412	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	54368,54374,54377,54382,54408	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	54374	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	54374	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	54378,54408	6890
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	54367	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	54374,54385,54406,54412	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	54378	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	54378	1066
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	2	54377,54381	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	54372,54374,54376,54379	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	54396	162
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	54378	116
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	54371,54377	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	54401	5591
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2	54388,54396	226
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	4	54371,54373,54378,54402	121
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	54378,54381	987
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	2	54385,54406	210
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	54391	359
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	54374	451
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	54410	229
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	54410	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	54373,54381	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	54374,54376,54379,54385,54410,54412	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	11	54372,54373,54374,54375,54376,54377,54378,54379,54380,54381,54408	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	54374,54379	5674
Miassite ()*	None	Rh₁₇S₁₅	1	54396	10
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	54371	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	54367,54397	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	54378,54401	17380
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	54370,54385,54392,54399,54411,54412	66
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	1	54367	57
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	54402	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4	54371,54377,54385,54412	2994
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	1	54396	36
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	54385,54412	40
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	54396	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	54372,54373,54374,54376,54377,54378,54379,54381,54408	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	54396	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	54378	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	54371,54377,54381	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	54371,54374,54378,54379,54381	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	54368,54372,54373,54374,54376,54377,54378,54380,54381,54382,54385,54412	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	1	54385	88
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	54382	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	54410	301
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	54368	1153
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	54374	143
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	54368	179
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	54390	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	54385,54397,54412	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	54374,54378	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	54378	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	54404	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	54368,54373,54374,54377,54378,54379,54381	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	54406	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	54368	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	3	54371,54374,54379	456
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	54368,54378	2045
Takovite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	54409	18
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	54374,54385	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	54373,54374	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	54377,54378	5317
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	1	54401	54
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	5	54371,54373,54374,54377,54378	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	54385	433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	54401	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	54410	73
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	1	54367	106
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	54368	369
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	54371	652
Willemseite ()*	Clay Talc	Ni₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	54385,54412	15
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	54378	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	54401	939
Xingzhongite ()*	Spinel	Pb²⁺Ir³⁺₂S₄	1	54396	7
Yttrialite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₂Si₂O₇	1	54401	25
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	54371,54401	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120106	Népoui Mine, Poya North Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France	https://rruff.info/R120106

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