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:
Makale, Tana Toraja Regency, Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 275179
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275179.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Makale, Tana Toraja Regency, Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Batu Marupa Deposit (Sang Karopi; Singkaropi)

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	23	5.3	1	67117	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	5.3	1	67117	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	1	67117	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	5.3	1	67117	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	23	5.3	1	67117	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	5.3	1	67117	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	1	67117	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	23	5.3	1	67117	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	1	67117	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	23	5.3	1	67117	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	5.3	1	67117	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	1	67117	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	5.3	1	67117	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	1	67117	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	1	67117	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	1	67117	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00498	23	5.3	Miocene	264995	Batu Marupa Deposit (Sang Karopi; Singkaropi), Makale, Tana Toraja Regency, Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Batu Marupa	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00499	23	5.3	Miocene	264995	Batu Marupa Deposit (Sang Karopi; Singkaropi), Makale, Tana Toraja Regency, Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Bilolo	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00501	23	5.3	Miocene	264995	Batu Marupa Deposit (Sang Karopi; Singkaropi), Makale, Tana Toraja Regency, Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Rumanga	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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