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:
Halmahera Island, North Maluku Province, Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia


mindat Locality ID: 146737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Halmahera Island, North Maluku Province, Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dongak Deposit
Gosowong Goldfield
Langsat Deposit
Weda Bay Mine

Latitude: 0°48'24"N
Longitude: 127°48'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.80666666666667,127.81638888889

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1670848803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6267084,67091966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1670911588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21670843092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)267084,6709127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216708427198
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)167084481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4167084651
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1670848173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16708424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1670957437
Gold  (*)CopperAu267084,6708730554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41670845591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4367084,67091,6709514899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216708417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1670842349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216708439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2167084771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2267084,6709161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16708421482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...