Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 6

mindat Locality ID: 186651
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186651.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madang Province, Papua New Guinea": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yanderra Deposit (Yandera Prospect)

Latitude: 5°45'"S
Longitude: 145°9'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.75,145.16638888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	8	6	1	95716	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	8	6	1	95716	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	8	6	1	95716	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	6	1	95716	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8	6	1	95716	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	6	1	95716	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	6	1	95716	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	6	1	95716	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	8	6	1	95716	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	6	1	95716	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	8	6	1	95716	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	8	6	1	95716	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	6	1	95716	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	6	1	95716	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	6	1	95716	21482

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-00616	8	6	8–6									Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	208475	Yanderra Deposit (Yandera Prospect), Madang Province, Papua New Guinea	Yandera	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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