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Locality Name:
Northern Lau Basin, Tonga


mindat Locality ID: 251508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northern Lau Basin, Tonga": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Niuatahi-Motutahi Volcano (Volcano O)

Latitude: 15°22'"S
Longitude: 174°'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.366666666667,-174
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Cu Fe O S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteCristobaliteNonePyritePyroxeneSphalerite
SpinelSulphur

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611161212060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11161214165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21116121453
Gold  (*)CopperAu111612130554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111612114899
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)61116121128
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O61116121303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111612139462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11161212045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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