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Locality Name:
Mbetilonga Cu Deposit, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23

mindat Locality ID: 206170
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206170.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mbetilonga Cu Deposit, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 9°32'"S
Longitude: 159°54'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.5333333333333,159.90833333333

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Malachite Mica
None Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.9	23	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	33.9	23	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33.9	23	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33.9	23	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.9	23	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	33.9	23	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	33.9	23	481
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	33.9	23	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33.9	23	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	33.9	23	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33.9	23	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	33.9	23	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	33.9	23	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33.9	23	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.9	23	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.9	23	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	33.9	23	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-00375	33.9	23	Oligocene									Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Goethite, Gold, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	206170	Mbetilonga Cu Deposit, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands	Mbetilonga	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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