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Locality Name:
Tiébaghi Massif, Koumac Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France


mindat Locality ID: 254021
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254021.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tiébaghi Massif, Koumac Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tiébaghi Cr Mine
Tiébaghi Nickel Mine

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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As C Cr Cu Fe Ir Mn Ni O Os Pb Rh Ru S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCopperMilleriteNonePentlanditePyriteRutileSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Iridium  (*)Laurite  (*)
Miassite  (*)Millerite  (*)Orcelite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Xingzhongite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215439627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4254396,543973902
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2154396110
Iridium  (*)CopperIr154396162
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2154396226
Miassite  (*)NoneRh17S1515439610
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1543971066
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)15439636
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81543961512
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21543963106
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1543976417
Xingzhongite  (*)SpinelPb2+Ir3+2S41543967



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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