Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Crater Mountain Deposit, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

mindat Locality ID: 226939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crater Mountain Deposit, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nevera Prospect
Nimi Prospect

Latitude: 6°31'7"S
Longitude: 145°2'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.5186111111111,145.04944444444

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Enargite	Lillianite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*
Idaite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Enargite Lillianite Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	53
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	66
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	142
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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