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Calcite from
Whitianga Quarry, Whitianga, Coromandel peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Clinoptilolite-Caⓘ3 photos of Calcite associated with Clinoptilolite-Ca at this locality.
Gypsumⓘ2 photos of Calcite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Clayⓘ1 photo of Calcite associated with Clay at this locality.
Sideriteⓘ1 photo of Calcite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Whitianga Quarry, Whitianga, Coromandel peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:385195
Long-form Identifier:1:3:385195:1
GUID (UUID V4):c71cb238-3b96-4665-9ad0-723ab6874658
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits of the Hauraki Goldfield, Coromandel Volcanic Zone, New Zealand ANTHONY B. CHRISTIE,† GNS Science...Science, P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand MARK P. SIMPSON, School of Geography, Geology and...1142, New Zealand ROBERT L. BRATHWAITE, GNS Science, P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand JEFFREY...92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Abstract Epithermal Au-Ag vein deposits of the...the Hauraki goldfield in the Coromandel volcanic zone, New Zealand, produced 320,000 kg Au and 1.5 million
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PINK LANTHANITE-(Nd) FROM WHITIANGA QUARRY, COROMANDEL PENINSULA, NEW ZEALAND Ian T. GRAHAM§ Geoscience...Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia Ross...Australia Rod MARTIN Glenfield, North Shore City, New Zealand Peter A. WILLIAMS School of Natural Sciences...andesitic agglomerate in the Whitianga quarry, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. The usual platy habit is...unusual blocky equant crystals. The former show the new forms {201}, {102} and {111}, and the latter, {111}
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold-Silver Deposits of the Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand: An Introduction DAVID A. JOHN† U.S. Geological...Hauraki goldfield on the Coromandel peninsula of the North Island of New Zealand (Fig. 1). The Hauraki goldfield...9 Ma) Coromandel volcanic zone (Skinner, 1986). Placer gold was first discovered near Coromandel township...Prospecting elsewhere on the Coromandel peninsula resulted in the opening of mines at Thames in 1865, Karangahake...producers were the Thames, Golden Cross, and Karangahake mines. The Coromandel peninsula is composed of Miocene
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Province, New Zealand W. R. H. RaMsaY Armidale, N. S. W., Australia H. W. KOB~ Auckland, N e w Zealand The...Province, which constitutes N e w Zealand's major region of noble metal production (Fig. 1). The province...;1ThamesPeninsula /LTe Aroha AUCKLANJ i Central Volcanic ~ Region NORTH ISLAND SOUTH ISLAND E Vq Fig. 1. Location...general geological map, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand TRUM'S conclusions, while more recently THOMI...the island on N. Z. Geological Survey Map of New Zealand, Sheet 2B, 1:250'000. He correlates the Andesitic
Journal (issue)
LRS Laser Raman spectroscopy w Listed in What's New in Minerals XRD X-ray powder diffraction data ARTICLES:...Betpakdalite from the tin deposits of Elsmore, New England district of New South Wales. Rankin, John, Sharpe, James...associated minerals from the Barrington Tops area, New South Wales. Graham, Ian T., Pogson, Ross E. and...Siderite and associated minerals from Bendalong, New South.Wales. Graham, Ian T., Colchester, David, Cendon...ribbons associated with thomsonite from Borambil, New South Wales. Graham, Ian T. and Pogson, Ross E. 7(2):S7-61
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Epithermal Orebody: The Martha Hill Deposit, Waihi, New Zealand K. BERNARD SPÖRLI1,† AND HUGH CARGILL2 1 Geology...92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand 2 28 Norwich Avenue, New Plymouth 4310, New Zealand Abstract We describe...world-class Martha Hill goldsilver deposit, Coromandel peninsula, which is hosted in late Miocene andesitic...migration of a subduction zone past the Coromandel peninsula. This demonstrates that structural control...Martha Hill mine in the Hauraki goldfield of New Zealand (Figs. 1, 2), with a total mined and unmined
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Golden Cross Epithermal Au-Ag Deposit, New Zealand MARK P. SIMPSON,† JEFFREY L. MAUK, Geology Department...University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand AND STUART F. SIMMONS Geothermal Institute...Auckland, New Zealand Abstract Golden Cross, located in the Coromandel peninsula, New Zealand, is a classic...illite-smectite that mantles the deposit. Replacement calcite and minor siderite formed contemporaneously with...overprint, the above minerals, whereas late barren calcite veins crosscut mineralized quartz veins. Kaolinite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold-Silver Deposits in the Waihi-Waitekauri Region, New Zealand ANNE E. MORRELL,†,* CORINNE A. LOCKE, JOHN...92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Abstract Aeromagnetic, airborne radiometric...Waitekauri-Maratoto area. Gravity data in the Waihi district define a unique, double-peaked, 50-gravity unit...data provides an outstanding case study of the district- to regional-scale geophysical characteristics...Okada, 1995; Hoschke and Sexton, 2005). At the district scale, detailed aeromagnetic data can delineate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Favona Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposit, Waihi, New Zealand MARK P. SIMPSON† AND JEFFREY L. MAUK School of...Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Abstract The Favona deposit is a new epithermal vein discovery...million oz (Moz) Ag), in the Hauraki goldfield of New Zealand. The concealed Favona vein is hosted in late...shallow levels, whereas late-stage overprinting calcite occurs at depth near the Amaranth, Cowshed, and...broadly similar at each deposit, although albite and calcite are more abundant at Martha. Fluid inclusion data
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Prospects of the Waitekauri Area, Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand MARK P. SIMPSON† AND JEFFREY L. MAUK School of...Auckland, New Zealand Abstract The Waitekauri area of the Hauraki goldfield, New Zealand, contains several...illite, interstratified illite-smectite, smectite, calcite, hematite, and minor epidote. Many of these minerals...veins dominate at Sovereign and Jubilee, whereas calcite veins are more abundant at Scotia, Scimitar, and...whereas veins of clinoptilolite and mordenite ± calcite occur at Jasper Creek and stilbite veins occur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
epithermal Au±Ag deposits of the Hauraki Gold®eld, New Zealand Received: 25 August 1998 / Accepted: 23 December...Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand e-mail: b.brathwaite@gns.cri.nz Fax: +64-04-5704657...The Hauraki Gold®eld, in the North Island of New Zealand, contains epithermal Au±Ag mineralisation in...Miocene±Pliocene calcalkaline volcanic zone (Coromandel Volcanic Zone) related to the 2 Australian±Paci®c...dacite of the Coromandel Group, which largely underlies rhyolite and ignimbrite of the Whitianga Group (Fig
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits: A Case Study from the Waitekauri Area, New Zealand MATHIJS A. BOODEN,† JEFFREY L. MAUK, AND MARK...92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Abstract Major element geochemical exploration...can be quantified. In the Hauraki goldfield of New Zealand, altered andesites and dacites host epithermal...mineralization in New Zealand. Epithermal Au-Ag deposits in the Hauraki goldfield, New Zealand, are predominantly...dacite of the Coromandel Group. The major element composition of unaltered Coromandel Group rocks correlates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold-Silver-Base Metal Sulfide-Quartz Vein System, New Zealand: Temperature and Salinity Controls on Electrum...Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 31312, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Abstract The large, andesite-hosted quartz vein...veins and is associated with veinlets of quartz + calcite + pyrite ± adularia ± illite. This zone is enveloped...enveloped by an illite-quartz-adularia-chlorite-calcite-pyrite alteration zone, which grades out through...interlayered illite-smectite into a smectite-chlorite-calcite alteration zone in the least altered andesites
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identifying their finds. Together, they discovered many new species. Jerry gave a great deal of support to local...preserve historic mining sites in the Gatineau region, near Ottawa. At the time of his death, he had...on the identificationof new boron minerals from a locality in East Sussex, New Brunswick. His passing...and final deposition of the minerals of the New Idria district in San Benito County, California. Anne Seminaris...form of a slide by Sugar White. The afternoon talk, New Minerals from the Margarita Peak, Blue Bell, War
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the Golden Cross Epithermal Au-Ag Deposit, New Zealand JEFFREY L. MAUK† AND MARK P. SIMPSON School of...92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Abstract Golden Cross is a late Miocene volcanic-hosted...quartz ± calcite ± adularia ± illite assemblages located in the Coromandel peninsula, New Zealand. Gold-...volcanic-hosted epithermal deposits associated with quartz ± calcite ± adularia ± illite assemblages, is the destruction...locally offset by the formation of hydrothermal calcite. Progressively higher Na and Sr away from the veins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Epithermal Au-Ag Deposit, Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand Mark P. Simpson,1,† Michael F. Gazley,2,* Alistair...Research Centre, 114 Karetoto Road-RD4, Taupo 3377, New Zealand Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation...2013, New Zealand 4 GNS 5 Stevens Science, 1 Fairway Drive, Avalon, Lower Hutt 5010, New Zealand and...Pine Harbour Parade, Beachlands, Auckland 2018, New Zealand Abstract The Karangahake deposit is the third...gold producer in the Hauraki goldfield, Coromandel, New Zealand. Production was mainly from the Maria and
Report (issue)
NEW ZEALAND DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 125th ANNIVERSARY...1865 -1990 NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 104 ISSN 0077-9628 Minerals of New Zealand by G. L....initials should be G.T., not G.L. Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1990 I I Beach sand, alluvium, • terrace...Figure 1. Simplified geological sketch-map of New Zealand. 0 20 40 60 80 100 KM l INTRODUCTION It...Morgan's "Minerals and Mineral Substances of New Zealand" was published, as NZ. Geological Survey bulletin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits of the Southern Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand* Mark P. Simpson,1,** Sabina Strmic Palinkas...University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand 2 U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS-973...­Waitekauri deposits, southern Hauraki goldfield, New Zealand. Quartz veins contain colloform to crustiform...goldfield is located in the Coromandel Peninsula of the North Island of New Zealand (Fig. 1). It contains *A...Research Centre, 114 Karetoto Road-RD4, Taupo 3377, New Zealand. † Corresponding author, e-mail: s.strmic-palinkas@auckland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I. THE GOLDEN CROSS EPITHERMAL ORE DEPOSIT, NEW ZEALAND DAVID A. TILLICK,l DONALD R. PEACOR,2 AND...University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand 2Department of Geological Sciences, The University...minerals in the Golden Cross epithermal deposit, New Zealand, hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks containing...Waihi, New Zealand, in the southern part of the Coromandel Peninsula (Figure la). The Coromandel Peninsula...ignimbrite occurring along the eastern side of the peninsula (Skinner, 1986). The regional structure is dominated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Massive Calcite Veins in the Golden Cross Low-Sulfidation, Epithermal Au-Ag Deposit, New Zealand STUART...University of Auckland, Private Bag, 92019, Auckland, New Zealand GREG AREHART,* Institute of Geological and Nuclear...Wairakei Research Centre, Private Bag 2000, Taupo, New Zealand MARK P. SIMPSON, Geology Department, University...University of Auckland, Private Bag, 92019, Auckland, New Zealand AND JEFFREY L. MAUK Geology Department, University...University of Auckland, Private Bag, 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Abstract At Golden Cross, andesitic lavas and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
al., 2002; fluorapatite: Simon et al., 2004; or calcite: Niederberger and Cölfen, 2006 and references...also help with prospecting approaches to locate new REE deposits and thus diminish the problem of future...gov/node/ 349057 Bischoff, J.L. (1968) Kinetics of calcite nucleation: magnesium ion inhibition and ionic...Pink lanthanite-(Nd) from Whitianga Quarry, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. The Canadian Mineralogist...amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) crystallization to calcite, via vaterite. Nanoscale, 3, 265 271. Rodriguez-Blanco
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GoldenCrossEpithermalGold-SilverDeposit,Waihi, New Zealand CORNELE. J. DE RONDE* Geology DepartmentUniversity...NewZealandGeologicalSur•etd, P.O. Box$0 $68, Lower Hurt, New Zealand Abstract The GoldenCrossepithermalgold-silverdepositis...the Taupo volcaniczone in the Waihi district,Coromandel Peninsula,New Zealand.Gold andsilverof economicgrades(1-20...Alterationmineralsare dominatedby clay,quartz,adularia,calcite,and pyrite. Hydrothermalclaysshowa distinctzonationwith...previouslybeendescribedfromepithermal depositsin New Zealandandpossiblycontainorganicliquid(s). Oxygenisotopesof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Survey and were reported on in the 1996 What’s New in Minerals at the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium...Sugar White followed with her traditional What’s New in Minerals, then other members showed their work...dinner was followed by Paul Adams, who spoke on New Finds from Majuba Hill, and Phosphatesfiom the Willard...Ramon DeMark produced some superb specimens from New Mexico; Tom Loomis, having just acquired the Bob...2016 Figure 4. Speakers Jocelyn Thornton from New Zealand and Ronnie Van Dommelen from Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Book (volume)
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