Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Wanagon Deposit, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3

mindat Locality ID: 194873
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194873.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wanagon Deposit, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Kaolinite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	3.3	3	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3.3	3	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3.3	3	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3.3	3	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3.3	3	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3.3	3	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3.3	3	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	3.3	3	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3.3	3	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3.3	3	14899
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	3.3	3	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3.3	3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3.3	3	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3.3	3	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	3.3	3	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3.3	3	5317
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	3.3	3	652
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	3.3	3	1247

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_373-00008	3.3	3	3.3-3.0							Yes			Au	27261	Grasberg Mine, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia	Grasberg	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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