Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Takaka, Tasman Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 59276
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59276.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Takaka, Tasman Region, New Zealand": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Anatoki River
Calphurnia Creek
Campbell Creek
Contact Creek
Copperstain Creek
Go-Ahead Creek
Pariwhakaoho River
Wainui Inlet

Latitude: 40°51'17"S
Longitude: 172°44'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.854722222222,172.74583333333

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zaratite ()*
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: Al As Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite Topaz Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	88224	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	88223	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	88227	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88224	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	88221	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88223	708
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	88225	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	88224	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	88220	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	88221,88222	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	88224	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	88222,88224	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	88224	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	88225	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	88222,88227	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	88223	205
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	88224	741
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	88222	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	88221,88223	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	88224,88227	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	88224	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	88221,88222,88223,88224,88225	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	88221,88223	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	88221,88223	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	88222,88223,88224	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	88223	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	88221,88223,88224	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	88222,88223,88224,88225	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	88223	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	88221,88223,88224	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	88227	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	88227	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	88224	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	88221	380
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	88221	56
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	88227	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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