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Locality Name:
West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1901
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24

mindat Locality ID: 203736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Kulu
Mt Nakru
Plesyumi Prospect
Simuku Prospect
Talasea Peninsula
Uasilau - Yau Yau

Latitude: 5°39'36"S
Longitude: 150°17'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.66,150.28388888889
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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobalite
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTridymite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22424295794,957973419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1957968803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1957961036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61957962060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424241957945516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)242419579427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO224241957945171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S190124395793,95794,957955707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2190124395793,95794,9579527198
Copper  (*)CopperCu24241957943846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS190124395793,95794,957954165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2195796453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24241957942970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6295796,957974135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6195796944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2424295794,957978173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS242419579424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24241957947437
Gold  (*)CopperAu143.824295793,9579430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3242419579414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31957965433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624241957942228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)424241957945591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42424295794,9579614899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2190124295794,957955800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O24241957941508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2190124495793,95794,95795,9579717380
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6195796303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2190124495793,95794,95795,9579739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2295796,9579761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS242419579421482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS42424195794668
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2195796458


3 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-00619143.8139.8141.8±2      Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, PyriteCu208478Mt Nakru, West New Britain Province, Papua New GuineaMt. NakruSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00250242424      Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, StanniteCu203737Plesyumi Prospect, West New Britain Province, Papua New GuineaPlesyumiSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00618190118711886±15      Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu208477Simuku Prospect, West New Britain Province, Papua New GuineaSimukuSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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