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Locality Name:
Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea


mindat Locality ID: 186640
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186640.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Crater Mountain Deposit
Kainantu

Latitude: 6°18'48"S
Longitude: 145°28'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.3133333333333,145.46777777778

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteEnargiteEpidoteLillianiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)
Idaite  (*)Kostovite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3195706315
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe295702,95706489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1957022734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21957023092
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S319570253
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1957069052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3295702,957061935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)195706716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4295702,957065516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2195706361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)295702,9570627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1957065707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2295702,9570627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1957064165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3195702802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21957029895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4295702,95706910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1957068173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)195706551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS295702,9570624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu295702,9570630554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S1319570672
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3295702,9570614640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te195706804
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S919570266
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4295702,95706142
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe419570621
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS819570692
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2295702,9570617380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2195706409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2295702,9570639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8295702,957069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2295702,9570661156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te419570664
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21957065614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1957066417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS295702,9570621482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4195706337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe195706190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3195706276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13295702,957061803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S295702,95706510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131957025317



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