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Locality Name:
Tangse Cu Deposit, Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13
Youngest recorded age at locality: 9

mindat Locality ID: 205792
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205792.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tangse Cu Deposit, Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 5°1'59"N
Longitude: 95°57'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.0330555555556,95.95

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	Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica
Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

15 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	13	9	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	13	9	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	13	9	1310
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	13	9	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	13	9	27198
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	13	9	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	13	9	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	13	9	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	13	9	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	13	9	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	13	9	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	9	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	9	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	13	9	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	13	9	5251

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-00281	13	9	13–9									Actinolite, Albite, Andalusite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	205792	Tangse Cu Deposit, Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia	Tangse	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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