Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

mindat Locality ID: 186641
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186641.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Louisiade Archipelago
Magavara River
Woodlark Island (Woodlark; Muyua; Murua)

Latitude: 10°'42"S
Longitude: 151°40'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -10.011666666667,151.67722222222

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.

Amorphous	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Cuprite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb Pt S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Andalusite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Sulphur

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	95738,95741	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	95727,95738	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95741	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	95738,95741	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	95725	2600
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	95738	2970
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	95730	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	95741	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	95724,95738,95739,95741	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	95726	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	11	95724,95726,95730,95734,95735,95736,95737,95739,95740,95741,95742	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	95725,95741	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	95725	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	95726	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	95738	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95741	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	95730	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	95725,95727	2994
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2	95730,95737	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	95724,95727,95738,95739,95741	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	95724,95726,95727,95735,95741	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	95734	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	95738,95739,95741	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	95728	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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