Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mts, Western Province (Fly Province), Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.1

mindat Locality ID: 17175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mts, Western Province (Fly Province), Papua New Guinea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 5°12'28"S
Longitude: 141°8'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.2077777777778,141.13888888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Turquoise	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Mg Mo O P Pb Pd S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb Pd S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Turquoise Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1.2	1.1	3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1.2	1.1	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1.2	1.1	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1.2	1.1	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1.2	1.1	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1.2	1.1	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1.2	1.1	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1.2	1.1	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1.2	1.1	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1.2	1.1	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1.2	1.1	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1.2	1.1	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1.2	1.1	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1.2	1.1	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1.2	1.1	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1.2	1.1	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1.2	1.1	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1.2	1.1	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1.2	1.1	5674
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1.2	1.1	155
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1.2	1.1	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1.2	1.1	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1.2	1.1	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1.2	1.1	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1.2	1.1	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1.2	1.1	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1.2	1.1	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1.2	1.1	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1.2	1.1	4899
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1.2	1.1	484
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1.2	1.1	5251

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
	AJES44_373-00007	1.2	1.2	1.2										Au	17175	Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mts, Western Province (Fly Province), Papua New Guinea	Ok Tedi	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
	PorphCu-00053	1.2	1.1	1.2–1.1									Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Turquoise	Cu	17175	Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mts, Western Province (Fly Province), Papua New Guinea	Ok Tedi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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