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Locality Name:
Perak, Malaysia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 23644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perak, Malaysia": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Balang Padang
Bidor Kaolin Deposit
Kinta District
Klian Intan
Selibin
Tapa

Latitude: 4°24'1"N
Longitude: 101°13'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 4.4002777777778,101.22805555556

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Minium	Monazite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Topaz	Wurtzite	Yttrotungstite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bayerite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*
Enargite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malayaite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rooseveltite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Trippkeite ()*
Tsugaruite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Yttrotungstite-(Ce) ()*	Yttrotungstite-(Y) ()*	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: Al As B Bi Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Minium Monazite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Topaz Wurtzite Yttrotungstite
Zircon

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2.6	0	1	80045	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2.6	0	4	80039,80044,80046,80047	9052
Bayerite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2.6	0	2	80033,80036	15
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2.6	0	2	80044,80046	1966
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	80047	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	80047	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2.6	0	9	80032,80037,80038,80039,80044,80045,80046,80047,80049	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2.6	0	2	80044,80046	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	2.6	0	2	80044,80046	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	80047	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2.6	0	1	80046	910
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃			1	80049	52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2.6	0	6	80039,80043,80044,80046,80047,80049	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2.6	0	2	80044,80046	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2.6	0	1	80036	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2.6	0	2	80036,80047	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2.6	0	3	80036,80046,80047	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2.6	0	3	80036,80044,80046	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2.6	0	3	80033,80036,80043	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2.6	0	1	80039	14899
Malayaite ()*	Titanite	CaSnO(SiO₄)			1	80032	40
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2.6	0	2	80044,80046	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2.6	0	5	80033,80036,80039,80044,80046	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	80049	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2.6	0	3	80044,80046,80047	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2.6	0	6	80033,80036,80039,80043,80044,80047	61156
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)			1	80047	38
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2.6	0	3	80044,80046,80047	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2.6	0	2	80041,80043	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	80047	1153
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	2.6	0	1	80043	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2.6	0	3	80044,80046,80047	21482
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			1	80049	2562
Trippkeite ()*	Minium	Cu²⁺As³⁺₂O₄			1	80047	7
Tsugaruite ()*	None	Pb₂₈As₁₅S₅₀Cl			1	80047	3
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	80047	297
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	2	80036,80047	5251

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
	ree-00437	2.6	0	Quaternary											254943	Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia	Kinta Valley (Lahat)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050569	Perak, Malaysia	https://rruff.info/R050569

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