Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ertsberg East Complex (GBT), Ertsberg Complex, 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: 2008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ertsberg East Complex (GBT), Ertsberg Complex, 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.

Acanthite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corrensite	Covellite
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Talc	Vesuvianite

Acanthite ()*	Amesite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dozyite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Idaite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corrensite Covellite
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Talc Vesuvianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3.3	3	2793
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	3.3	3	74
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3.3	3	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3.3	3	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	3.3	3	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3.3	3	708
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3.3	3	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	3.3	3	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3.3	3	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3.3	3	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3.3	3	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3.3	3	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3.3	3	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3.3	3	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3.3	3	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3.3	3	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3.3	3	9895
Dozyite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Mg₇Al₂(Si₄Al₂)O₁₅(OH)₁₂	3.3	3	3
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3.3	3	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3.3	3	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3.3	3	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3.3	3	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3.3	3	6890
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	3.3	3	142
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3.3	3	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3.3	3	14899
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	3.3	3	153
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3.3	3	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3.3	3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3.3	3	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3.3	3	3337
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	3.3	3	1395

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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