Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.5

mindat Locality ID: 22320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Gorontalo Province
Sulawesi Barat Province (West Sulawesi Province)
Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province)
Sulawesi Tengah Province (Central Sulawesi Province)
Sulawesi Tenggara Province (Southeast Sulawesi Province)
Sulawesi Utara Province (North Sulawesi Province)

Latitude: 0°-11'-54"N
Longitude: 122°8'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.19833333333333,122.13583333333

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Baryte
Calcite	Carpholite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Kaolinite
Kobellite	Lepidocrocite	Madocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Orpiment	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb Ru S Sb Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Ni Ru S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baddeleyite Baryte
Calcite Carpholite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Coronadite Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Jalpaite Kaolinite
Kobellite Lepidocrocite Madocite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Orpiment Pentlandite Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite
Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

101 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andalusite ()*	Ángelaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carrollite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Coronadite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cuprobismutite ()*	Cupropolybasite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Falcondoite ()*
Famatinite ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Launayite ()*	Laurite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mogánite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Népouite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sorbyite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Willemseite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*
Zircon ()*

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	67098	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	8.75	3	4	67101,67115,67119,67129	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8.75	2.5	7	67098,67100,67101,67108,67115,67119,67129	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5	2.5	5	67100,67101,67137,67140,67152	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			3	67098,67115,67119	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	5	2.5	1	67100	1310
Ángelaite ()*	Kobellite	Cu₂AgPbBiS₄			1	67108	3
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	67108	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	8.75	2.5	3	67100,67101,67129	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	67115,67119	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	67149	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	67115,67119	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	23	2.5	0		166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	23	5.3	2	67117,67129	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			2	67115,67119	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	3	5	67098,67101,67115,67119,67140	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			2	67115,67119	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			3	67108,67115,67119	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	10.6	2.5	10	67099,67100,67101,67105,67108,67115,67119,67129,67146,67149	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			8	67098,67103,67108,67115,67119,67146,67148,67152	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄			2	67115,67119	154
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	67108	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	2.5	8	67099,67100,67101,67105,67108,67117,67129,67149	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			1	67108	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	2.5	14	67098,67099,67100,67101,67105,67108,67115,67117,67119,67123,67129,67140,67146,67149	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			2	67115,67119	577
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	67112,67113	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	67152	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	67115,67119	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			2	67115,67119	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	67149	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	67108	227
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5	2.5	1	67100	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	2.5	10	67099,67100,67101,67105,67108,67115,67117,67119,67129,67149	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	8.75	8.75	1	67129	2970
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄			1	67108	43
Cupropolybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Cu₆Sb₂S₇][Ag₉CuS₄]			1	67108	7
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	5	2.5	2	67100,67101	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	3	3	67101,67123,67152	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	23	3	3	67099,67101,67117	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	67115,67119	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			4	67108,67115,67119,67152	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	3	6	67099,67101,67108,67115,67117,67119	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	10.6	2.5	7	67100,67105,67108,67115,67119,67129,67146	8173
Falcondoite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Ni₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	67112	4
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄			2	67115,67119	163
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄			3	67133,67134,67135	25
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	8.75	8.75	1	67129	9617
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃			1	67108	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	2.5	12	67098,67100,67101,67105,67108,67115,67117,67119,67123,67129,67140,67149	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	3	3	1	67101	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	23	5.3	3	67098,67117,67129	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10.6	2.5	14	67098,67100,67101,67105,67115,67119,67129,67139,67140,67146,67148,67149,67150,67152	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			2	67115,67119	173
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	67115,67119	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	8.75	3	3	67101,67129,67152	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8.75	2.5	6	67098,67100,67108,67115,67119,67129	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	67099	5433
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI			1	67108	180
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			1	67108	116
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	8.75	8.75	2	67129,67137	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	2.5	12	67098,67100,67101,67105,67108,67115,67117,67119,67123,67129,67137,67152	5591
Launayite ()*	Madocite	CuPb₁₀(Sb,As)₁₃S₂₀			1	67108	3
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	23	2.5	0		226
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	23	5.3	1	67117	581
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	67112,67113	359
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	3	3	3	67101,67115,67119	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10.6	2.5	7	67100,67101,67105,67108,67123,67129,67146	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	5.3	3	67105,67117,67129	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	3	2	67101,67152	5674
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	67103	43
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	8.75	8.75	3	67099,67123,67129	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	3	1	67101	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10.6	2.5	10	67098,67100,67101,67105,67108,67115,67119,67123,67129,67152	17380
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	67127	66
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	67098	471
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	67152	511
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	67115,67119	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	23	2.5	0		1512
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	67108	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	2.5	15	67098,67099,67100,67101,67103,67105,67108,67115,67117,67119,67123,67129,67139,67140,67152	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5	2.5	2	67100,67101	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	5.3	2	67117,67123	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	3	20	67098,67099,67101,67103,67108,67112,67115,67117,67119,67123,67133,67134,67135,67139,67140,67146,67148,67149,67150,67152	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	67152	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	8.75	8.75	4	67099,67115,67119,67129	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	67103	301
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	67112	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	8.75	8.75	5	67098,67108,67115,67119,67129	6417
Sorbyite ()*	Madocite	Pb₉Cu(Sb,As)₁₁S₂₆			1	67108	5
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	2.5	13	67098,67100,67101,67105,67108,67115,67117,67119,67123,67129,67140,67146,67149	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	67152	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	67137	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			3	67108,67115,67119	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	4	67108,67115,67117,67119	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	67103,67110	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	67115,67119	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	67098	433
Willemseite ()*	Clay Talc	Ni₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	67127	15
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	67137	62
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	67115,67119	5251

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
PorphCu-00275	5	2.5	5–2.5	Albite, Alunite, Andalusite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Corundum, Covellite, Diaspore, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	205769	Tapadaa Cu Deposit, Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Tapadaa	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00274	3	3	3	Actinolite, Albite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Gibbsite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	205768	Tombulilato Cu Deposit, Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Tombulilato	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00272	10.6	10.6	10.6	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	205766	Sassak Mine, Polewali, Sulawesi Barat Province (West Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Sassak	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
vms-00498	23	5.3	Miocene			264995	Batu Marupa Deposit (Sang Karopi; Singkaropi), Makale, Tana Toraja Regency, Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Batu Marupa	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00499	23	5.3	Miocene			264995	Batu Marupa Deposit (Sang Karopi; Singkaropi), Makale, Tana Toraja Regency, Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Bilolo	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00501	23	5.3	Miocene			264995	Batu Marupa Deposit (Sang Karopi; Singkaropi), Makale, Tana Toraja Regency, Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Rumanga	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
PorphCu-00273	8.75	8.75	8.75	Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	205767	Bulagidun Cu-Mo Deposit, Talau, Sulawesi Tengah Province (Central Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Bulagidun	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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