Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bau, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

mindat Locality ID: 10912
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10912.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bau, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Arong Bakit
Ban Him Lee Mine
Batu Bekajang Lake
Bidl
Boring
Bukit Young
Gading
Gunong Kapor
Gunong Krian
Gunong Ropih
Jambusan
Jugan
Kojok
Krokong
Kusa Mine
Nam Loong
Ng Kung Hui Mine
Pik Yin Loon
Rumoh
Saburan Deposit
Sarabau Mine (Lucky Hill Mine)
Say Seng
Sungai Pedi
Tai Parit
Tai Ton
Tegora

Latitude: 1°22'22"N
Longitude: 110°7'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 1.3727777777778,110.13194444444

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.

Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Orpiment	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Uytenbogaardtite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Garnet Gypsum Jalpaite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Orpiment Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Uytenbogaardtite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*
Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mckinstryite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pharmacolite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sarabauite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Senarmontite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wakabayashilite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	80100	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	80086	1534
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	2	80091,80097	363
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	6	80078,80080,80091,80092,80097,80100	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	3	80088,80091,80097	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	80077,80088,80091,80092,80095,80100	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	1	80097	73
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	80102	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	80086	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	80100	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	12	80077,80080,80082,80085,80086,80091,80092,80094,80095,80097,80100,80101	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	80086	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	80077,80086,80100	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	80095,80102	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	80077	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	80100	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	80097	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	80085,80086,80097	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	80100	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	80077,80082,80085,80086,80100	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	80084	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	80077,80085,80093,80095,80096,80097,80099	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	80085	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	80095	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2	80077,80100	804
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	80077	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	80086,80088,80100	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	80086	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	80077,80086	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	1	80077	51
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	80086	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	80080,80086,80088,80095,80100	17380
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	80084	64
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	5	80091,80092,80095,80097,80100	511
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	80080	105
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	1	80088	140
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	80085	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	80082,80086,80088,80100	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	80086,80100	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	80077,80078,80084,80085,80086,80088,80091,80092,80095,80097,80100,80101	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	7	80078,80080,80091,80092,80095,80097,80100	712
Sarabauite ()*	None	Sb₄S₆·CaSb₆O₁₀	2	80091,80097	2
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	80088,80097	1153
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	80097	179
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	80082,80085,80086	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	80097	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	9	80077,80078,80080,80085,80091,80092,80095,80097,80101	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	80077,80097	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	80077,80097	5317
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	1	80077	46
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	80097	1395
Wakabayashilite ()*	None	(As,Sb)₆As₄S₁₄	1	80097	16
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	4	80077,80085,80086,80097	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060495	Sarabau Mine (Lucky Hill Mine), Bau, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia	https://rruff.info/R060495

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