Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wafi River Cu-Au Deposit, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

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

mindat Locality ID: 208474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208474.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wafi River Cu-Au Deposit, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 6°52'59"S
Longitude: 146°27'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.8830555555556,146.45

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Enargite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Enargite Epidote Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

24 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	9	9	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	9	9	966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	9	9	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	9	9	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	9	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	9	9	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	9	9	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	9	9	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	9	9	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	9	9	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	9	9	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	9	9	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	9	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	9	9	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	9	9	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	9	9	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	9	9	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	9	9	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	9	9	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9	9	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	9	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	9	9	771
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	9	9	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	9	9	5317

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-00615	9	9	9									Actinolite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Dickite, Epidote, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	208474	Wafi River Cu-Au Deposit, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea	Wafi River	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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