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Locality Name:
Yanderra Deposit (Yandera Prospect), Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 6

mindat Locality ID: 208475
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208475.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanderra Deposit (Yandera Prospect), Madang Province, Papua New Guinea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 5°45'"S
Longitude: 145°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.75,145.16666666667

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: Al Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)8601588
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS48605516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S8605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS286027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)8608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS86024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu86030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O386014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)48605591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O486014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS28605800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O8601508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)286017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS286039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS86021482



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
PorphCu-00616868–6      Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu208475Yanderra Deposit (Yandera Prospect), Madang Province, Papua New GuineaYanderaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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