Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 205770
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205770.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maluku Province
North Maluku Province

Latitude: 0°-56'-29"N
Longitude: 128°24'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.94138888888889,128.40694444444

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brackebuschite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite
Epidote	Feldspar	Geocronite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Römerite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brackebuschite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite
Epidote Feldspar Geocronite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Römerite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Arsenbrackebuschite ()*	Arsendescloizite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Karibibite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Moschellandsbergite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Népouite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Perroudite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	67074	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	67084	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			3	67074,67084,67091	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	67074	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	67091	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	67084	3092
Arsenbrackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂(Fe³⁺,Zn)(AsO₄)₂(OH,H₂O)			1	67074	24
Arsendescloizite ()*	Adelite	PbZn(AsO₄)(OH)			1	67074	20
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	67079	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	67074,67076	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	67066,67074	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	67074	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	67074	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	67079,67084,67091	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	67074	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	2.6	6	67064,67066,67074,67076,67079,67084	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	67066	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	67074,67079	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	67074	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	67066,67076	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	67066	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂			1	67066	144
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	67084	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	67084	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	67074	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	67067	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	67084	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	67074,67079,67084	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	67067,67095	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	67066,67074,67079,67084,67087	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	67079	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	67066,67074	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	67066,67067	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	67074,67076	2228
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃			1	67074	105
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			5	67066,67067,67074,67076,67084	5591
Karibibite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(As³⁺O₂)₄(As³⁺₂O₅)(OH)			1	67074	19
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	67074	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	67066,67084,67091,67095	14899
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	67074	1107
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	67067	1508
Moschellandsbergite ()*	None	Ag₂Hg₃			1	67074	24
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5.3	2.6	6	67064,67066,67074,67076,67079,67084	17380
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	67067	66
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	67084	2349
Perroudite ()*	None	Ag₄Hg₅S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂			1	67074	23
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	67074	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	2.6	6	67064,67066,67074,67076,67079,67084	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	67074,67076,67084	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	67079	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	67067,67074,67076,67079,67082,67084,67091	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O			1	67074	115
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	67074,67076,67079,67084	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	67079	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	67067	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	67076	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	67066	1101

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-00276	5.3	2.6	Pliocene									Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	205772	Hila Cu-Zn Occurrence, Ambon Island, Maluku Province, Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia	Hila	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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