Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Gold at West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 143.8Ma - 24Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00619	143.8	139.8		Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrite	Cu	208478	Mt Nakru, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00250	24	24		Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite	Cu	203737	Plesyumi Prospect, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Specified age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00250	24	24		Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite	Cu	203737	Plesyumi Prospect, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00619	143.8	139.8		Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrite	Cu	208478	Mt Nakru, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00618	1901	1871		Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	208477	Simuku Prospect, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155