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Locality Name:
Tuvatu Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji


mindat Locality ID: 58347
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58347.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tuvatu Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°42'55"S
Longitude: 177°34'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.715277777778,177.58166666667
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumIronKaoliniteMarcasiteMelonite
MicaNolaniteNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSchreyeriteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Benleonardite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Karelianite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nolanite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schreyerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Vanadium  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Benleonardite  (*)PolybasiteAg15Cu(Sb,As)2S7Te4020
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe20361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe0169
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Karelianite  (*)CorundumV2O3017
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe80111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)2019
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schreyerite  (*)SchreyeriteV3+2Ti4+3O9010
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)092
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe40337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe0190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te30276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Vanadium  (*)IronV05


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