Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 59349
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59349.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vatukoula, Tavua Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Emperor Mine (Vatukoula Mine; Lolomo Mine)
Jeruisolemi
Korovou Hill
Tuvatu Mine
Waikatakata

Latitude: 17°37'32"S
Longitude: 177°57'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.625555555556,177.96305555556

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Iron	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphosiderite
Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Schreyerite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Se Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Iron Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Phosphosiderite
Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Schreyerite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite

70 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*
Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Benleonardite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Empressite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Karelianite ()*
Kolbeckite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Nolanite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pearceite ()*	Petzite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreyerite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vanadium ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	49614	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	49614	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2	49611,49614	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	49613	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	49611	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	49611,49614	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	49611,49614	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	49611	11547
Benleonardite ()*	Polybasite	Ag₁₅Cu(Sb,As)₂S₇Te₄	2	49611,49614	20
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	49614	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	49614	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	49614	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	49611	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2	49611,49614	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	49611,49614	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	49611,49614	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	49611	2600
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	2	49611,49614	169
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	49614	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	49614	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	49613	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	49611,49614	9895
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	1	49611	43
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	49614	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	49611,49614	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	49614	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	49611,49614	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	49611,49612,49614,49615	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	49614	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49614	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2	49611,49614	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	49611	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	49614	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	49613,49614	5591
Karelianite ()*	Corundum	V₂O₃	1	49614	17
Kolbeckite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Sc(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	49611	26
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	2	49611,49614	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	49611,49614	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	49611,49614	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	49611	207
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	49611,49614	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	1	49611	67
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	49611	192
Nolanite ()*	Nolanite	V³⁺₈Fe³⁺₂O₁₄(OH)₂	1	49614	19
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	49611,49614	2349
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	49611	249
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2	49611,49614	409
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	49611	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	49611	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	49611	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	49611,49614	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	49611	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49613	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49611	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	49611,49612,49613,49614,49615	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	49611	712
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	49611,49614	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	49614	5614
Schreyerite ()*	Schreyerite	V³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	1	49614	10
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	49611,49614	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	49611,49614	3418
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	2	49611,49614	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	2	49611,49614	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	2	49611,49614	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	49614	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	49611,49614	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	49611,49614	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	49614	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49611	2562
Vanadium ()*	Iron	V	1	49614	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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