Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mamut Mine, Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7

mindat Locality ID: 15213
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15213.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mamut Mine, Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 6°1'59"N
Longitude: 116°27'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.0330555555556,116.46638888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore
Epidote	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore
Epidote Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stibnite Wurtzite

26 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	7	7	3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	7	7	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	7	7	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	7	7	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	7	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	7	7	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	7	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	7	7	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	7	7	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	7	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	7	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7	7	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	7	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	7	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	7	7	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	7	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	7	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	7	7	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	7	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	7	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	7	7	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	7	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	7	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	7	7	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	7	7	3418
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	7	7	2562

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
	PorphCu-00049	7	7	7									Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stibnite, Tremolite, Electrum	Cu	15213	Mamut Mine, Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia	Mamut	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...