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 Covellite at Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region Of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 3.4Ma - 3.4Ma 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-00031	3.4	3.4		Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Stannite	Cu	8831	Panguna Mine (Bougainville Mine), Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region Of Bougainville, 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-00031	3.4	3.4		Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Stannite	Cu	8831	Panguna Mine (Bougainville Mine), Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region Of Bougainville, 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
AJES44_373-00006	3.4	3.4			Au	8831	Panguna Mine (Bougainville Mine), Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region Of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Sillitoe (1997)	AJES44_373