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:
Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 126623
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126623.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Chovohio River
Gold Ridge Mine
Hidden Valley Cu Deposit
Koloula Prospect
Matepono River
Mbetilonga Cu Deposit
Poha Cu Deposit

Latitude: 9°31'49"S
Longitude: 159°59'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.5302777777778,159.99527777778

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	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2.4	1.5	1	105951	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.9	23	1	105953	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	33.9	0.01	2	105950,105953	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33.9	1.5	3	105951,105953,105954	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33.9	0.01	2	105950,105953	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.9	0.01	4	105950,105951,105953,105954	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	33.9	0.01	2	105950,105953	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	33.9	23	1	105953	481
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5.3	0.01	2	105950,105951	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24.4	24.4	1	105954	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	33.9	23	1	105953	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33.9	23	4	105948,105949,105952,105953	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	33.9	23	1	105953	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33.9	0.01	3	105950,105951,105953	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	33.9	0.01	5	105950,105951,105952,105953,105954	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	33.9	23	2	105953,105954	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2.4	1.5	1	105951	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33.9	1.5	2	105951,105953	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.9	0.01	4	105950,105951,105953,105954	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.9	0.01	4	105950,105951,105953,105954	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	33.9	23	1	105953	1101

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
PorphCu-00376	5.3	0.01	Plio-Pleistocene	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206171	Hidden Valley Cu Deposit, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands	Hidden Valley	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00144	2.4	1.5	2.4–1.5	Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	122945	Koloula Prospect, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands	Koloula	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00375	33.9	23	Oligocene	Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Goethite, Gold, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	206170	Mbetilonga Cu Deposit, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands	Mbetilonga	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00377	24.4	24.4	24.4	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206172	Poha Cu Deposit, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands	Poha	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...