Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Malaysia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 251
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 2279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malaysia": 143
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 102

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Dungan (Kampong Dungan?; Kampong Dungun?)
Johor
Jurai Mine
Kedah
Kelantan
Kuala Lumpur
Labuan
Lankao Mine
Malacca (Melaka)
Negeri Sembilan
Pahang
Penang
Perak
Perlis
Pulau Pinang
Putrajaya
Sabah
Salak
Sarawak
Selangor
Terengganu

Latitude: 3°54'42"N
Longitude: 104°14'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 3.9116666666667,104.23444444444

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore
Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Leucophosphite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Minium	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Perovskite
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite
Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Struvite	Talc
Taranakite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Uytenbogaardtite	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite
Yttrotungstite	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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore
Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Jalpaite Kaolinite Leucophosphite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Minium Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Perovskite
Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite
Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Struvite Talc
Taranakite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Uytenbogaardtite Vesuvianite Vivianite Wollastonite Wurtzite
Yttrotungstite Zircon

129 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aerinite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*
Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Antimony ()*	Ardealite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bayerite ()*	Berlinite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Famatinite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hannayite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kësterite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Malayaite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Meymacite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Newberyite ()*	Niahite ()*	Niter ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Opal ()*
Orpiment ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pitticite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rooseveltite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sarabauite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schoenfliesite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Strengite ()*	Struvite ()*	Talc ()*	Taranakite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Trippkeite ()*	Tsugaruite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Variscite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wakabayashilite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Wittichenite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Yttrotungstite-(Ce) ()*	Yttrotungstite-(Y) ()*	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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	7	7	1	80069	3419
Aerinite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O			1	80016	22
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2.6	0	3	79998,79999,80045	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	80100	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	80111	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			2	80076,80086	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	79999	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	80008	708
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			3	80076,80091,80097	363
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	80105	30
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			7	80076,80078,80080,80091,80092,80097,80100	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃			4	80076,80088,80091,80097	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	8	8	15	79999,80012,80016,80039,80044,80046,80047,80070,80076,80077,80088,80091,80092,80095,80100	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂			2	80076,80097	73
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	7	7	1	80069	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	80102,80111	11547
Bayerite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2.6	0	2	80033,80036	15
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)			1	80106	28
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2.6	0	2	80044,80046	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	79999	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	7	7	2	80069,80086	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	7	7	2	80047,80069	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			2	80047,80100	1089
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O			1	80105	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	7	18	79999,80019,80057,80069,80076,80077,80080,80082,80085,80086,80091,80092,80094,80095,80097,80100,80101,80111	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2.6	0	21	80027,80032,80037,80038,80039,80044,80045,80046,80047,80049,80052,80053,80054,80055,80056,80057,80058,80059,80060,80061,80114	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	79999	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	7	7	3	80069,80086,80111	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	251	7	16	79999,80012,80015,80016,80019,80022,80044,80046,80066,80069,80070,80076,80077,80086,80100,80111	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	8	7	2	80008,80064	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			3	80074,80095,80102	2600
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	2.6	0	2	80044,80046	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	7	7	4	80047,80069,80077,80111	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	7	7	1	80069	802
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	80111	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	80074,80076,80100,80111	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	80076,80097	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	80016,80019	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2.6	0	2	80046,80111	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	7	6	79999,80069,80076,80085,80086,80097	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄			1	80100	163
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃			1	80049	52
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	80105	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2.6	0	6	80039,80043,80044,80046,80047,80049	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	251	7	15	79999,80012,80016,80019,80022,80044,80046,80069,80076,80077,80082,80085,80086,80100,80111	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2.6	0	10	79985,79994,80020,80036,80067,80073,80104,80106,80109,80112	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7	7	11	79994,80020,80036,80047,80067,80069,80073,80084,80104,80109,80112	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	251	7	20	79999,80012,80015,80016,80019,80022,80026,80069,80070,80076,80077,80085,80093,80095,80096,80097,80099,80108,80111,80123	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	80016	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	80076,80085	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	80105	6890
Hannayite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Mg₃(PO₃OH)₄·8H₂O			1	80105	7
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	80115	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	7	10	79986,79995,80020,80036,80046,80047,80069,80070,80095,80111	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			2	80077,80100	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2.6	0	3	80036,80044,80046	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir			1	80017	162
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			1	80077	116
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	7	7	1	80069	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2.6	0	24	79993,79994,79996,79999,80016,80020,80028,80033,80036,80043,80067,80073,80074,80076,80086,80088,80100,80104,80107,80109,80111,80112,80114,80118	5591
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄			1	80115	82
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			1	80105	110
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	80111	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	7	5	79998,80008,80039,80069,80086	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	7	4	80069,80077,80086,80111	12537
Malayaite ()*	Titanite	CaSnO(SiO₄)			1	80032	40
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2.6	0	4	80044,80046,80074,80076	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄			1	80077	51
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	80074	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			1	80074	255
Meymacite ()*	None	WO₃·2H₂O			1	80007	10
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	251	7	4	80022,80069,80070,80086	5800
Monetite ()*	None	Ca(PO₃OH)			1	80105	21
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	80111	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	7	18	79993,79999,80016,80033,80036,80039,80044,80046,80069,80070,80076,80080,80086,80088,80095,80100,80107,80111	17380
Newberyite ()*	None	Mg(PO₃OH)·3H₂O			1	80105	24
Niahite ()*	None	(NH₄)Mn²⁺(PO₄)·H₂O			1	80105	3
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)			1	80105	181
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	80084	64
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	80074,80105	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			6	80074,80091,80092,80095,80097,80100	511
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	79998	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	80019	409
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O			1	80080	105
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	80049	2273
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)			1	80088	140
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	80085	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	251	7	16	79999,80012,80015,80016,80022,80044,80046,80047,80069,80070,80076,80082,80086,80088,80100,80111	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	80111	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	8	7	8	79999,80012,80016,80069,80070,80076,80086,80100	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2.6	0	39	79993,79998,79999,80008,80012,80016,80019,80020,80033,80036,80039,80043,80044,80047,80056,80067,80073,80074,80076,80077,80078,80084,80085,80086,80088,80091,80092,80095,80097,80100,80101,80104,80105,80106,80107,80108,80109,80111,80112	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			9	80074,80076,80078,80080,80091,80092,80095,80097,80100	712
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)			1	80047	38
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2.6	0	4	80044,80046,80047,80071	5614
Sarabauite ()*	None	Sb₄S₆·CaSb₆O₁₀			3	80076,80091,80097	2
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	8	8	4	80007,80041,80043,80070	4894
Schoenfliesite ()*	Perovskite	MgSn(OH)₆			1	80027	10
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			3	80047,80088,80097	1153
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃			1	80097	179
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	2.6	0	2	80016,80043	241
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	7	1	80069	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	251	7	14	79999,80012,80016,80019,80022,80044,80046,80047,80069,80070,80076,80082,80085,80086	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	7	7	1	80069	668
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	80097	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	7	7	14	80015,80016,80069,80076,80077,80078,80080,80085,80091,80092,80095,80097,80101,80111	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	80016	456
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			2	79986,80105	263
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O			1	80105	30
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	79999,80076	3337
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O			1	80105	57
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			3	79999,80077,80097	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	79999	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			5	80012,80019,80077,80097,80111	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	79998	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2.6	0	3	80039,80044,80046	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	7	7	2	80049,80069	2562
Trippkeite ()*	Minium	Cu²⁺As³⁺₂O₄			1	80047	7
Tsugaruite ()*	None	Pb₂₈As₁₅S₅₀Cl			1	80047	3
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂			1	80077	46
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			2	80105,80106	301
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			2	80076,80097	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	80105	636
Wakabayashilite ()*	None	(As,Sb)₆As₄S₁₄			1	80097	16
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			1	80105	104
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	80047	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			5	80076,80077,80085,80086,80097	1247
Yttrotungstite-(Ce) ()*	Yttrotungstite	CeW₂O₆(OH)₃	2.6	0	1	80043	5
Yttrotungstite-(Y) ()*	Yttrotungstite	Y(W,Fe,Si,Al,Ti)₂(O,OH,H₂O)₉	2.6	0	2	80043,80050	2
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2.6	0	3	79998,80036,80047	5251

5 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
ree-00438	2.6	0	Quaternary			254947	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur area	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
PorphCu-00572	251	245	Lower Triassic ?	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	207313	Sungai Luit, Mengapur District, Pahang, Malaysia	Mengpur	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
ree-00437	2.6	0	Quaternary			254943	Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia	Kinta Valley (Lahat)	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
PorphCu-00049	7	7	7	Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stibnite, Tremolite, Electrum	Cu	15213	Mamut Mine, Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia	Mamut	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00571	8	8	8	Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	207312	Nungkok Cu-Mo Deposit, Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia	Nungkok	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050569	Perak, Malaysia	https://rruff.info/R050569
R050654	Sarawak, Malaysia	https://rruff.info/R050654
R060495	Sarabau Mine (Lucky Hill Mine), Bau, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia	https://rruff.info/R060495

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