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Locality Name:
Bacan Island, Maluku Province, Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia


mindat Locality ID: 269326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bacan Island, Maluku Province, Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kaputusan Mine

Latitude: 0°-31'0"N
Longitude: 127°34'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -0.51666666666667,127.58305555556
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: Al Au Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteGypsumKaoliniteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41670665516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216706627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1670663531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1670664165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1670662970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2167066144
Gold  (*)CopperAu16706630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1670666890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316706614640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41670665591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416706614899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216706617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216706639462
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1670661101


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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