Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Central Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4.46
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4.38

mindat Locality ID: 186639
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186639.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Province, Papua New Guinea": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Astrolabe Mineral Field
Doriri Creek Deposit
Gabagaba (Kapa Kapa)
Ofi Creek
Port Moresby Area
Tolukuma Mine

Latitude: 9°22'37"S
Longitude: 147°36'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.3769444444444,147.6125

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	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum
Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Topaz Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alloclasite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Anilite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*	Glaucodot ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roxbyite ()*
Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tsumoite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Yarrowite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	4.46	4.38	2	95685,95689	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	8803
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS			1	95653	56
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	95659	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	4.46	4.38	2	95664,95689	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄			1	95653	88
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	95653,95664,95669	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	95653,95690	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	95664	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	95664,95684	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			6	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678,95681	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			10	95645,95647,95649,95651,95652,95655,95664,95677,95678,95684	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	95653	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4.46	4.38	12	95647,95649,95653,95664,95669,95674,95677,95681,95683,95684,95685,95689	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	95685	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	95681,95685	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	95653	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	95653	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	95664,95683	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	95649	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95685	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	95653	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	95653	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	95653	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4.46	4.38	6	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678,95689	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4.46	4.38	4	95647,95649,95664,95689	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅			1	95653	38
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS			1	95653	131
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4.46	4.38	2	95649,95689	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4.46	4.38	6	95647,95653,95664,95684,95689,95692	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	95664	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4.46	4.38	8	95647,95649,95653,95669,95675,95677,95684,95689	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	95659	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4.46	4.38	2	95689,95690	5591
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95685	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4.46	4.38	12	95645,95651,95652,95655,95657,95659,95664,95678,95684,95685,95689,95690	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			5	95653,95657,95677,95684,95690	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			7	95647,95649,95653,95664,95669,95677,95681	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4.46	4.38	1	95689	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4.46	4.38	3	95685,95689,95690	17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os			1	95691	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	95685	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4.46	4.38	16	95645,95647,95649,95651,95652,95653,95655,95664,95669,95674,95677,95678,95681,95683,95685,95689	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	95654,95687	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	95669,95685	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			14	95645,95649,95651,95652,95655,95657,95664,95669,95674,95678,95681,95683,95684,95690	61156
Roxbyite ()*	None	Cu₉S₅			1	95653	27
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4.46	4.38	3	95659,95669,95689	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	95685	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4.46	4.38	8	95647,95649,95653,95664,95669,95674,95681,95689	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈			1	95653	73
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	95664	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	95653	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	95664	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	95659	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			6	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678,95685	2562
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe			1	95664	100
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	1247
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈			1	95653	70
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	95659	5251

1 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-00418	4.46	4.38	4.42±0.04									Actinolite, Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	206309	Mount Bini Cu-Au Deposit, Ofi Creek, Central Province, Papua New Guinea	Mount Bini	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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