Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sabah, Malaysia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7

mindat Locality ID: 154549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-154549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sabah, Malaysia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ranau
Telupid Bauxite Deposit
Tuaran

Latitude: 5°54'31"N
Longitude: 116°46'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.9086111111111,116.78111111111

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Diaspore	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cr Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Diaspore Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Wurtzite

32 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	7	7	1	80069	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	8	8	1	80070	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	7	7	1	80069	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	7	7	1	80069	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	7	7	1	80069	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	7	1	80069	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	7	7	1	80069	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	7	3	80066,80069,80070	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	8	7	0		3902
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	7	7	1	80069	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	7	7	1	80069	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	7	1	80069	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	7	1	80069	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	80067	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7	7	2	80067,80069	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	7	2	80069,80070	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	7	2	80069,80070	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	7	7	1	80069	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	80067	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	7	1	80069	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	7	1	80069	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	8	7	2	80069,80070	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	7	2	80069,80070	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	7	2	80069,80070	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	8	7	2	80069,80070	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	80067	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	8	8	1	80070	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	7	1	80069	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	7	2	80069,80070	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	7	7	1	80069	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	7	7	1	80069	3418
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	7	7	1	80069	2562

2 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-00049	7	7	7									Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stibnite, Tremolite, Electrum	Cu	15213	Mamut Mine, Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia	Mamut	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00571	8	8	8									Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	207312	Nungkok Cu-Mo Deposit, Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia	Nungkok	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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