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Locality Name:
East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 25

mindat Locality ID: 186648
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186648.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Central Baining Mountains
Esis Prospect
North Baining Mountains
South Baining Mountains
Vulcan Volcano

Latitude: 4°38'37"S
Longitude: 151°56'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.6436111111111,151.94611111111
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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTitanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)225251956963419
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425251956965516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)252519569627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2252519569627198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25251956968173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS252519569624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O25251956966890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)425251956965591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4252519569614899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS225251956965800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2252519569617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2252519569639462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO225251956965614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS252519569621482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O25251956964899


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00251252525      Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, SphaleriteCu203740Esis Prospect, East New Britain Province, Papua New GuineaEsisSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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