Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pilou-Nemou Mine, Diahot River Valley, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

mindat Locality ID: 16915
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16915.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pilou-Nemou Mine, Diahot River Valley, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°19'54"S
Longitude: 164°18'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.331666666667,164.31083333333

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Linarite
Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Idaite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar Linarite
Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	142
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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