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Locality Name:
Kelian Deposit, East Kalimantan Province, Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 43581
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43581.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kelian Deposit, East Kalimantan Province, Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDigeniteEpidote
FeldsparKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S231602793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)231608803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS231609052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1123160843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2316027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22316027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS231602600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS231604165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)423160651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S231601027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2231609895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)231608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2316024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2316030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4231605591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)223160234
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2231605674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22316017380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]23160716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22316039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2231603106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8231609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22316061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)231601711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)231606417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2316021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3231603418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13231605317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
AJES44_373-000242316Early Miocene?       Au43581Kelian Deposit, East Kalimantan Province, Kalimantan (Borneo), IndonesiaKelianSillitoe (1997)10.1080/08120099708728318AJES44_373 

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