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Locality Name:
Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea


mindat Locality ID: 156683
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156683.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bikpela Binatang (Bikpela)
Dead Wood Hydrothermal Field
Desmos Caldera
PACMANUS Hydrothermal Field
Solwara 1
Vienna Woods Hydrothermal Field
White Tower Hydrothermal Field

Latitude: 3°29'13"S
Longitude: 151°9'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.4869444444444,151.16083333333

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 As Au Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAtacamiteBaryteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
CristobaliteDiasporeEpsomiteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteKtenasiteMarcasiteMetavoltineMica
NolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Birnessite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Dufrénoysite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gordaite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jôkokuite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natroalunite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1956378803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)295633,956402734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)595636,95637,95638,95640,956411588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3195636544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)795632,95633,95636,95637,95638,95640,9564111547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O195636178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41956365516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2695633,95636,95637,95638,95640,9564127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS295635,956364165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2395635,95636,95640453
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S519563634
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)219563686
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS595632,95636,95637,95640,9564124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1956367437
Gold  (*)CopperAu19563630554
Gordaite  (*)KtenasiteNaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O19564017
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O195640188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O295636,956406890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319563614640
Jôkokuite  (*)ChalcanthiteMn2+(SO4)·5H2O1956407
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41956365591
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)195640770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2395635,95636,956405674
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O19564078
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2295636,9563717380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6195635128
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O195636471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O295632,956362994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2795632,95633,95635,95636,95637,95638,9564039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2295635,95636771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2395635,95636,9563761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS795632,95633,95636,95637,95638,95640,9564121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS395635,95636,956402045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131956361803
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O195636433
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS295640,95641372



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