Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vienna Woods Hydrothermal Field, Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea

mindat Locality ID: 268159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vienna Woods Hydrothermal Field, Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 3°9'45"S
Longitude: 150°16'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.1625,150.28027777778

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.

Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Cristobalite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Marcasite	Metavoltine	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Galena ()*	Gordaite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jôkokuite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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: Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Cristobalite Epsomite Gypsum Ktenasite Marcasite Metavoltine None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Sulphur Wurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gordaite ()*	Ktenasite	NaZn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	17
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Jôkokuite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·5H₂O	7
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	78
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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