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Locality Name:
Frieda Deposit (Frieda River Deposit), Frieda River Complex, Sandaun Province (West Sepik Province), Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 14
Youngest recorded age at locality: 12

mindat Locality ID: 226944
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226944.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Frieda Deposit (Frieda River Deposit), Frieda River Complex, Sandaun Province (West Sepik Province), Papua New Guinea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 4°42'"S
Longitude: 141°46'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.7,141.78305555556

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Sulphur	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Enargite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Sulphur Wurtzite

31 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	14	12	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	14	12	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	14	12	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	14	12	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	14	12	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	14	12	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	14	12	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	14	12	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14	12	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	14	12	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	14	12	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	14	12	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	14	12	4135
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	14	12	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	14	12	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	14	12	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14	12	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	14	12	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14	12	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	14	12	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14	12	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	14	12	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	14	12	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	14	12	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14	12	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14	12	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	14	12	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	14	12	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	14	12	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	14	12	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	14	12	2045

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-00620	14	12	14–12									Actinolite, Alunite, Andalusite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Dickite, Diopside, Enargite, Epidote, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Siderite, Electrum	Cu	226944	Frieda Deposit (Frieda River Deposit), Frieda River Complex, Sandaun Province (West Sepik Province), Papua New Guinea	Frieda River	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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