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Sphalerite from
Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand


Locality type:Lake
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:441601
Long-form Identifier:1:3:441601:2
GUID (UUID V4):0edd8774-e65f-442e-be41-29fd4c50e77d
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGISTS 1987 NO. 5 The RotokawaGeothermalSystem,New Zealand:An Active Epithermal Gold-DepositingEnvironment...Scientificand Industrial Research,PrivateBag,Petone,New Zealand Abstract The Rotokawageothermalsystemis lessthan...underlyingMesoziocgraywackebasementin the Taupo volcaniczone, a region dominatedby extensionaltectonics.At...060 yrs ago and is presently occupiedby an acid lake (LakeRotokawa)with a pH • 2. Significantbeddedsulfurdeposits...Significantbeddedsulfurdeposits which formed in an earlier crater lake existbeneaththe presentlake. The deep fluidsare
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
95-108 Gold-SilverOre-GradePrecipitates from New Zealand Thermal Waters B. G. WEISSBERG Abstract Gold-silverore...areas along the easternmargin of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. They occur as red-orange amorphoussulfideswith...106 kg/hr, Wairakei system,1951) combinedwith long lifetimes (e.g., 5 X .105yr, Wairakei) are adequateto...hydrothermalalterationprod- and Whakarewarewa,New Zealand (2 ppm Au and uctsfoundin manyepithermal ore...area is exceptionalin and the Hauraki Peninsula,New Zealand) are similar havingas muchas 6% Ag in the scaleoccurringas
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)
and deposition of metals in the Rotokawa geothermal system, New Zealand R. E. Krupp 1 and T. M. Seward...Research, Chemistry Division, Private Bag, Petone, New Zealand Abstract. Mass balance calculations based on...deposits yield minimum metal concentrations for the Rotokawa deep geothermal fluid which are compared with...taking place during the ascent of the fluid. The Rotokawa geothermal system, which has been shown earlier...purpose. The Rotokawa field is situated in the Taupo volcanic zone on the North Island of New Zealand. Hydrothe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
particularly IS epithermal orebodies in any particular district, irrespective of whether or not paleosurface features...low-Fe sphalerite Ag-Au-Zn-Pb-Mn ± Cu Low (1–5 vol.%) Pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, high-Fe sphalerite Au ±...neutral-pH, alkali chloride waters along streams and on lake margins and bottoms, although shallow boiling also...level of Frying Pan Lake (6-m deep, pH 3.5, 55 °C), Waimangu geothermal system, Taupo Volcanic Zone, North...North Island, New Zealand (see Simmons et al. 1993) The reactive H2S-bearing steam condensate formed in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
overlies a hydrothermally influenced volcanic caldera lake facies, with shoreline stromatolites. Hot spring...facies that are characteristic of those from New Zealand, Yellowstone National Park, USA, and Argentina...Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia. 2 Australian...Questions Institute, University of New South Wales Australia, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia. 4 Pheasant...Ao Marama, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. 6 Department of Earth Sciences, University of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Industrial Research, Private Bag, Petone, New Zealand (Received June 9, 1988; accepted in revised...and Au(I) by pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena. In New Zealand a number of active geothermal systems...than 0.1 ttg k8 -t, WEISSaERG (1969). The active Rotokawa geothermal system has deposited approximately...formation of geochemical anomalies in stream and lake sediments and soils (JENNY, 1968; HEM, 1976; HOHL...Au(CN)[ w a s n o t adsorbed by pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena or chalcopyrite and this inertness was
Book
Originally published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York in 1990. The use of registered names, trademarks...which speculation is idle, but within which useful new insights regarding the relationship of certain ores...application of plate tectonic concepts can pinpoint new metal deposits. The main tool available to the exploration...more limited utility in terms of the search for new mineral districts. The problem of the geographic...Panguna Porphyry Copper Deposit, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea ......... . Genetic Models for Porphyry Copper
Book (edition)
have incorporated into Chapter 1. Apart from the new material discussed above I have included a description...and epithermal gold mineralization and introduced new material into most chapters of this book. This work...places as far apart as France, California, Japan, New Zealand and Spain and the offers to translate it into...Some chapters have been considerably expanded and new sections added; in particular on disseminated gold...perennial complaint of industrial employers, that the new graduate has little or no commercial awareness, such
 
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