Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Solomon Islands

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

mindat Locality ID: 145510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Solomon Islands": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Central Province
Choiseul Province
Guadalcanal Province
Isabel Province
Makira Province
Malaita Province
Rennell And Bellona Province
Temotu Province
Western Province

Latitude: 8°34'45"S
Longitude: 159°13'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.5791666666667,159.2225

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond
Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Olivine
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Majorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tenorite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond
Diaspore Epidote Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Olivine
Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tridymite Zircon

40 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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	105959	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	105961	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	33.9	0.01	2	105950,105953	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33.9	1.5	4	105951,105953,105954,105967	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	105945,105955,105956	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33.9	0.01	3	105950,105953,105967	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.9	0.01	5	105950,105951,105953,105954,105967	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	33.9	0.01	3	105950,105953,105967	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	105959	697
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	33.9	23	1	105953	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	105959	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	105960	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5.3	0.01	3	105950,105951,105956	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			2	105959,105961	1188
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	2.6	5	105948,105949,105952,105953,105967	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O			1	105961	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	33.9	23	1	105953	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33.9	0.01	4	105950,105951,105953,105956	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	105960	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	105946,105955	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	33.9	0.01	7	105950,105951,105952,105953,105954,105960,105961	14899
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃			1	105959	24
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
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	105959	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			2	105959,105961	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	105959,105961	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.9	0.01	6	105945,105950,105951,105953,105954,105967	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	105959,105960	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	105956	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	105960	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.9	0.01	5	105950,105951,105953,105954,105967	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	105959	1934
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	33.9	23	1	105953	1101
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	105956,105960	5251

5 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
PorphCu-00378	5.3	2.6	Pliocene?	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206173	Mase Cu-Au Deposit, New Georgia Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands	Mase	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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