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Locality Name:
Tombulilato Cu Deposit, Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia

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

mindat Locality ID: 205768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tombulilato Cu Deposit, Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°20'43"N
Longitude: 123°24'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.34527777777778,123.40222222222

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Feldspar
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Feldspar
Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	3	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	3	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	3	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	3	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	3	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	3	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	3	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	3	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	3	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	3	3	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	3	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3	3	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	3	3	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	3	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	3	3	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	3	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	3	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	3	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	3	3	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	3	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	3	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	3	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	3	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	3	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	3	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	3	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	3	21482

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
	PorphCu-00274	3	3	3									Actinolite, Albite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Gibbsite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	205768	Tombulilato Cu Deposit, Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Tombulilato	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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