Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Big Gossan Mine, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3

mindat Locality ID: 194870
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194870.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Gossan Mine, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 4°5'19"S
Longitude: 137°6'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.0886111111111,137.11333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Petzite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Epidote Garnet Gypsum Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3.3	3	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	3.3	3	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3.3	3	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3.3	3	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3.3	3	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3.3	3	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3.3	3	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	3.3	3	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3.3	3	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3.3	3	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3.3	3	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	3.3	3	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3.3	3	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3.3	3	1025
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	3.3	3	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3.3	3	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	3.3	3	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3.3	3	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3.3	3	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3.3	3	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3.3	3	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3.3	3	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3.3	3	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3.3	3	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3.3	3	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3.3	3	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	3.3	3	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3.3	3	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	3.3	3	804
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3.3	3	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3.3	3	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3.3	3	5674
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3.3	3	471
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	3.3	3	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3.3	3	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3.3	3	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3.3	3	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3.3	3	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3.3	3	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3.3	3	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3.3	3	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3.3	3	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	3.3	3	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	3.3	3	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3.3	3	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3.3	3	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	3.3	3	1395

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	AJES44_373-00008	3.3	3	3.3-3.0							Yes			Au	27261	Grasberg Mine, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia	Grasberg	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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