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:
Koumac Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

mindat Locality ID: 205592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koumac Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Koumac Mines
Tiébaghi Massif

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Millerite	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Rutile	Spinel

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: As C Cr Cu Fe Ir Mn Ni O Os Pb Rh Ru S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Millerite None Pentlandite Pyrite Rutile Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Iridium ()*	Laurite ()*
Miassite ()*	Millerite ()*	Orcelite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Siderite ()*	Xingzhongite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	54396	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	54396,54397	3902
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	54396	110
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	54396	162
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	54396	226
Miassite ()*	None	Rh₁₇S₁₅	1	54396	10
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	54397	1066
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	1	54396	36
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	54396	1512
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	54396	3106
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	54397	6417
Xingzhongite ()*	Spinel	Pb²⁺Ir³⁺₂S₄	1	54396	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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