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Locality Name:
Gowa, Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia


mindat Locality ID: 277003
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277003.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Baturappe Prospect

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteEnargite
EpidoteFeldsparJalpaiteKaoliniteKobelliteMadociteMicaNonePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ángelaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)Cupropolybasite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Iodargyrite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Launayite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sorbyite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1671088803
Ángelaite  (*)KobelliteCu2AgPbBiS41671083
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1671082734
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31671081935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41671085516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16710827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1671084979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1671085707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O167108197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216710827198
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16167108227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1671084165
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S2416710843
Cupropolybasite  (*)Polybasite[Cu6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]1671087
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21671089895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4167108910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1671088173
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3167108105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16710824243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316710814640
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI167108180
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2167108116
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41671085591
Launayite  (*)MadociteCuPb10(Sb,As)13S201671083
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416710814899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216710817380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]167108716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216710839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216710861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1671086417
Sorbyite  (*)MadocitePb9Cu(Sb,As)11S261671085
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16710821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131671081803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131671085317



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