Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Grasberg Mine, 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: 27261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27261.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grasberg Mine, 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: 4°3'21"S
Longitude: 137°6'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.0558333333333,137.11305555556

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.

Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Fluorite
Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nukundamite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Enargite Fluorite
Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3	3	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3.3	3	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	3	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3.3	3	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	3	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	3	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	3	3	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	3	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3	3	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3.3	3	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	3	3	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3.3	3	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	3	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	3	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3.3	3	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	3	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3.3	3	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	3	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	3	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	3	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3.3	3	17380
Nukundamite ()*	None	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6S₄	3	3	16
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3.3	3	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	3	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3.3	3	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3.3	3	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	3	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	3	3	1803

2 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										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
	PorphCu-00083	3	3	3									Actinolite, Andalusite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Colusite, Covellite, Diopside, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Nukundamite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Valleriite, Wollastonite	Cu	27261	Grasberg Mine, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia	Grasberg	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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