Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
PACMANUS Hydrothermal Field, Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea

mindat Locality ID: 273109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "PACMANUS Hydrothermal Field, Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Roman Ruin Vent
Satanic Mills

Latitude: 3°43'14"S
Longitude: 151°40'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.7205555555556,151.6675

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.

Amorphous	Atacamite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore
Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*
Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*
Ferrihydrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Todorokite ()*

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: Al As Au Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Atacamite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore
Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nolanite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	95637	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	95637,95638	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0		544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	95637,95638	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	0		178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	95637,95638	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	0		453
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	0		34
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	0		86
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	95637	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95637	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	95637,95638	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	95637	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	95637,95638	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	0		433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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