Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea

mindat Locality ID: 16798
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16798.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Manus Basin

Latitude: 3°29'13"S
Longitude: 151°9'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.4869444444444,151.16055555556

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Atacamite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Marcasite	Metavoltine	Mica
Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 ()*

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:
Alunite Amorphous Atacamite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Cristobalite Diaspore Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Ktenasite Marcasite Metavoltine Mica
Nolanite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	95637	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	95633,95640	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	6	95631,95636,95637,95638,95640,95641	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	95631,95636	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	95631,95632,95633,95636,95637,95638,95640,95641	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	95636	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	95631,95636	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	95631,95633,95636,95637,95638,95640,95641	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	95631,95635,95636	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	3	95635,95636,95640	453
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	2	95631,95636	34
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	2	95631,95636	86
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	95631,95632,95636,95637,95640,95641	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	95631,95636	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	95631,95636	30554
Gordaite ()*	Ktenasite	NaZn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	1	95640	17
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	95640	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	95631,95636,95640	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	95631,95636	14640
Jôkokuite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	95640	7
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	95636	5591
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	95640	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	95631,95635,95636,95640	5674
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	95640	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	95636,95637	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	95635	128
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	95636	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	95631,95632,95636	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	95631,95632,95633,95635,95636,95637,95638,95640	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	95635,95636	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	95635,95636,95637	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	95631,95632,95633,95636,95637,95638,95640,95641	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	95635,95636,95640	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	95631,95636	1803
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	95636	433
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	3	95631,95640,95641	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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