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

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

mindat Locality ID: 205769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205769.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 0°31'0"N
Longitude: 123°13'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.51666666666667,123.21666666667

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.

Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	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 Au Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	2.5	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5	2.5	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	5	2.5	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5	2.5	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	2.5	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	2.5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	2.5	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5	2.5	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5	2.5	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	5	2.5	481
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	2.5	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	2.5	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	2.5	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	2.5	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	2.5	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	2.5	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	2.5	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	2.5	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5	2.5	771
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	2.5	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-00275	5	2.5	5–2.5									Albite, Alunite, Andalusite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Corundum, Covellite, Diaspore, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	205769	Tapadaa Cu Deposit, Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Tapadaa	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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