Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Porgera Mine, Mt Kare Valley, Mt Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.6

mindat Locality ID: 18822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Porgera Mine, Mt Kare Valley, Mt Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 5°27'48"S
Longitude: 143°5'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.4633333333333,143.0925

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coloradoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petzite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	6	5.6	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	6	5.6	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	6	5.6	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	6	5.6	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	5.6	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	5.6	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	5.6	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	6	5.6	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	5.6	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	5.6	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	6	5.6	169
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	5.6	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	5.6	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	6	5.6	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	5.6	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	5.6	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6	5.6	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	5.6	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	6	5.6	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	5.6	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	6	5.6	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	5.6	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	6	5.6	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	6	5.6	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	5.6	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	6	5.6	409
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	5.6	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	6	5.6	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	6	5.6	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	5.6	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	5.6	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	5.6	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	5.6	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	6	5.6	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	5.6	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6	5.6	5317

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
	AJES44_373-00023	6	5.6	6.0-5.6										Au	18822	Porgera Mine, Mt Kare Valley, Mt Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea	Porgera	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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