Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
West Grasberg Resource, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3

mindat Locality ID: 250023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Grasberg Resource, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Allophane ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Jarosite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Fluorite Mica None Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	3.3	3	470
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3.3	3	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	3.3	3	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3.3	3	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3.3	3	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	3.3	3	481
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3.3	3	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3.3	3	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3.3	3	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3.3	3	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3.3	3	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3.3	3	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3.3	3	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3.3	3	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3.3	3	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3.3	3	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3.3	3	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	3.3	3	1803
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	3.3	3	652

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_373-00008	3.3	3	3.3-3.0							Yes			Au	27261	Grasberg Mine, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia	Grasberg	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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