Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Talau, Sulawesi Tengah Province (Central Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8.75
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8.75

mindat Locality ID: 276515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Talau, Sulawesi Tengah Province (Central Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bulagidun Cu-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 0°57'6"N
Longitude: 121°46'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.95166666666667,121.77055555556

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

26 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	8.75	8.75	1	67129	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8.75	8.75	1	67129	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	8.75	8.75	1	67129	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	8.75	8.75	1	67129	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	8.75	8.75	1	67129	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	8.75	8.75	1	67129	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8.75	8.75	1	67129	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	8.75	8.75	1	67129	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	8.75	8.75	1	67129	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8.75	8.75	1	67129	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	8.75	8.75	1	67129	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8.75	8.75	1	67129	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	8.75	8.75	1	67129	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8.75	8.75	1	67129	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	8.75	8.75	1	67129	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8.75	8.75	1	67129	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	8.75	8.75	1	67129	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	8.75	8.75	1	67129	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8.75	8.75	1	67129	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	8.75	8.75	1	67129	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	8.75	8.75	1	67129	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8.75	8.75	1	67129	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8.75	8.75	1	67129	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	8.75	8.75	1	67129	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	8.75	8.75	1	67129	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8.75	8.75	1	67129	21482

1 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
	PorphCu-00273	8.75	8.75	8.75									Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	205767	Bulagidun Cu-Mo Deposit, Talau, Sulawesi Tengah Province (Central Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Bulagidun	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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