Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Polewali, Sulawesi Barat Province (West Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 10.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.6

mindat Locality ID: 277475
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277475.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Polewali, Sulawesi Barat Province (West Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sassak Mine

Latitude: 3°9'29"S
Longitude: 119°29'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.1580555555556,119.48333333333

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	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica None
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	10.6	10.6	1	67105	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	10.6	10.6	1	67105	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10.6	10.6	1	67105	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	10.6	10.6	1	67105	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	10.6	10.6	1	67105	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10.6	10.6	1	67105	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10.6	10.6	1	67105	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	10.6	10.6	1	67105	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10.6	10.6	1	67105	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	10.6	10.6	1	67105	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10.6	10.6	1	67105	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10.6	10.6	1	67105	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10.6	10.6	1	67105	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-00272	10.6	10.6	10.6									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	205766	Sassak Mine, Polewali, Sulawesi Barat Province (West Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia	Sassak	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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