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Locality Name:
Puhipuhi, Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 15476
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15476.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puhipuhi, Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Mount Mitchell Prospect
Peach Orchard Road
Plum Duff Prospect
Puhipuhi Mine
Rising Sun Prospect

Latitude: 35°28'42"S
Longitude: 174°16'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.478333333333,174.27083333333

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Marcasite
None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Livingstonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Metastibnite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Senarmontite ()*
Siderite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tripuhyite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Marcasite
None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5.3	0.01	0		1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5.3	0.01	0		9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	0.01	0		27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	5.3	0.01	0		352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	0.01	0		27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	5.3	0.01	0		1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	0.01	4	87672,87674,87675,87676	2600
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5.3	0.01	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.3	0.01	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5.3	0.01	0		14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5.3	0.01	0		2228
Livingstonite ()*	None	HgSb₄S₆(S)₂	5.3	0.01	1	87672	24
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5.3	0.01	1	87672	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5.3	0.01	0		255
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5.3	0.01	0		87
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	5.3	0.01	0		300
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	5.3	0.01	0		43
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5.3	0.01	2	87672,87676	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	5.3	0.01	0		511
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	5.3	0.01	0		733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	0.01	1	87672	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	0.01	1	87673	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	5.3	0.01	0		712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5.3	0.01	0		5614
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	5.3	0.01	0		179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5.3	0.01	0		6417
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	5.3	0.01	0		446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5.3	0.01	2	87672,87673	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	5.3	0.01	0		2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5.3	0.01	0		5317
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	5.3	0.01	0		66
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	5.3	0.01	0		369

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
	Hg-00061	5.3	0.01		?-?								Cinnabar, Livingstonite	Hg	15476	Puhipuhi, Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand		Craw et al. (2000)	10.1007/s002549900068	EG39_875

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