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Locality Name:
Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region Of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.4

mindat Locality ID: 278091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region Of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Balbi Stratovolcano
Panguna Mine (Bougainville Mine)

Latitude: 6°7'2"S
Longitude: 155°14'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.1172222222222,155.23888888889

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite

20 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	3.4	3.4	1	95629	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3.4	3.4	1	95629	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3.4	3.4	1	95629	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3.4	3.4	1	95629	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3.4	3.4	1	95629	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3.4	3.4	1	95629	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3.4	3.4	1	95629	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3.4	3.4	1	95629	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3.4	3.4	1	95629	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3.4	3.4	1	95629	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3.4	3.4	1	95629	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3.4	3.4	1	95629	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3.4	3.4	1	95629	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3.4	3.4	1	95629	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3.4	3.4	1	95629	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3.4	3.4	1	95629	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3.4	3.4	1	95629	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3.4	3.4	1	95629	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3.4	3.4	1	95629	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	3.4	3.4	1	95629	668

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_373-00006	3.4	3.4	3.4										Au	8831	Panguna Mine (Bougainville Mine), Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region Of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Panguna	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
	PorphCu-00031	3.4	3.4	3.4									Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Stannite	Cu	8831	Panguna Mine (Bougainville Mine), Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region Of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Panguna	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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