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Locality Name:
Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.5

mindat Locality ID: 203402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Pani Prospect
Sungai Mak Deposit
Tapadaa Cu Deposit
Tombulilato Cu Deposit

Latitude: 0°25'51"N
Longitude: 123°18'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.43083333333333,123.30916666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAndalusiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteWurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1670982793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2331671013419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)52.5367098,67100,671018803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)652.5267100,67101966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21670982162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO552.51671001310
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)52.5267100,671011588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)33267098,6710111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS452.5367099,67100,671015516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16709827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S52.5367099,67100,671015707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS252.5467098,67099,67100,6710127198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O352.51671001797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS52.5367099,67100,671014165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)52.5267100,67101481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)433167101651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S33267099,671011027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS433267099,67101910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)52.51671008173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS52.5367098,67100,6710124243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)333167101504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1670987437
Gold  (*)CopperAu52.5367098,67100,6710130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O331671016890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O352.5267098,6710014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31670995433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)452.5367098,67100,671015591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS433167101198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O452.5267100,6710114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2331671015674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21670995800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O331671011508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)252.5367098,67100,6710117380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O167098471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS252.5467098,67099,67100,6710139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)252.5267100,67101771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO233367098,67099,6710161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21670995614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1670986417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS52.5367098,67100,6710121482
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O167098433



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-0027552.55–2.5      Albite, Alunite, Andalusite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Corundum, Covellite, Diaspore, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, ElectrumCu205769Tapadaa Cu Deposit, Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi (Celebes), IndonesiaTapadaaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00274333      Actinolite, Albite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Gibbsite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, PyrophylliteCu205768Tombulilato Cu Deposit, Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi (Celebes), IndonesiaTombulilatoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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