Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Golden Spur Mine, Paeroa, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 265620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golden Spur Mine, Paeroa, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°19'5"S
Longitude: 175°45'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.318055555556,175.76027777778

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	Calcite	Copper	None	Quartz

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 Au C Ca Fe Mg Mn O S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au C Ca Fe Mg Mn O S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Copper None Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*
Hessite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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