Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mt Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.6

mindat Locality ID: 226943
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226943.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mt Kare Valley

Latitude: 5°29'43"S
Longitude: 143°3'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.4952777777778,143.05972222222

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	Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Analcime Arsenopyrite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

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	6	5.6	1	95711	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	6	5.6	1	95712	489
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	6	5.6	1	95711	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	6	5.6	1	95712	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	6	5.6	1	95712	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	6	5.6	1	95712	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	5.6	1	95712	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	5.6	1	95712	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	5.6	1	95712	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	6	5.6	1	95712	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	5.6	2	95711,95712	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	5.6	1	95712	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	6	5.6	1	95712	169
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	6	5.6	1	95711	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	5.6	1	95712	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	5.6	1	95712	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	6	5.6	1	95712	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	5.6	3	95711,95712,95713	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	5.6	2	95711,95712	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6	5.6	1	95712	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	5.6	2	95711,95712	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	6	5.6	1	95712	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	5.6	1	95712	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	6	5.6	1	95712	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	5.6	2	95711,95712	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	6	5.6	1	95712	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	6	5.6	1	95712	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	5.6	1	95712	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	6	5.6	1	95712	409
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	5.6	2	95711,95712	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	6	5.6	2	95711,95712	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	6	5.6	2	95711,95712	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	5.6	3	95711,95712,95713	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	5.6	1	95712	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	5.6	3	95711,95712,95713	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	5.6	3	95711,95712,95713	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	6	5.6	1	95712	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	5.6	3	95711,95712,95713	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6	5.6	2	95711,95712	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	6	5.6	1	95711	4899

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
	AJES44_373-00023	6	5.6	6.0-5.6										Au	18822	Porgera Mine, Mt Kare Valley, Mt Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea	Porgera	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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