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Locality Name:
Plesyumi Prospect, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 24
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24

mindat Locality ID: 203737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plesyumi Prospect, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 5°57'59"S
Longitude: 150°22'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.9663888888889,150.38305555556

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite

Actinolite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite

23 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	24	24	3419
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	24	24	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	24	24	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	24	24	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	24	24	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	24	24	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	24	24	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	24	24	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	24	24	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	24	24	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24	24	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	24	24	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	24	24	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	24	24	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	24	24	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	24	24	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	24	24	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	24	24	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	24	24	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	24	24	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	24	24	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	24	24	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	24	24	668

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-00250	24	24	24									Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite	Cu	203737	Plesyumi Prospect, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea	Plesyumi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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