Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Manus Island, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 12

mindat Locality ID: 206302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manus Island, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Arie Cu Deposit
Mount Kren Cu Deposit

Latitude: 2°3'59"S
Longitude: 146°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.0663888888889,146.91638888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Spinel	Sulphur

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 Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite
Spinel Sulphur

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sulphur ()*

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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	15	12	2	95719,95720	966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	15	12	2	95719,95720	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	12	2	95719,95720	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	15	15	1	95719	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	15	15	1	95719	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15	12	2	95719,95720	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	15	12	2	95719,95720	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	15	15	1	95719	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15	12	2	95719,95720	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	12	2	95719,95720	39462
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	15	12	1	95720	2045

2 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-00413	15	15	15									Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206303	Arie Cu Deposit, Manus Island, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea	Arie	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00414	15	12	15–12									Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	206304	Mount Kren Cu Deposit, Manus Island, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea	Mount Kren	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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