Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gosowong Goldfield, Halmahera Island, North Maluku Province, Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia

mindat Locality ID: 186806
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186806.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gosowong Goldfield, Halmahera Island, North Maluku Province, Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Gosowong Gold Mine
Gosowong North Deposit
Kencana Mine
Kencana South Mine
Salut South East Deposit
Tobobo Deposit
Toguraci Mine
Toguraci South East Deposit
Toguraci West Deposit

Latitude: 1°8'33"N
Longitude: 127°41'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 1.1425,127.68527777778

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	67091	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	67091	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67091	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	0		481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	67087	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	67091	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	67091	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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