Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Fubilan, Star Mts, Western Province (Fly Province), Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.1

mindat Locality ID: 279247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Fubilan, Star Mts, Western Province (Fly Province), Papua New Guinea": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ok Tedi Mine

Latitude: 5°12'28"S
Longitude: 141°8'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.2077777777778,141.13861111111

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Turquoise	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Mg Mo O P Pb Pd S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Turquoise Zircon

31 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	1.2	1.1	1	95802	3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1.2	1.1	1	95802	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1.2	1.1	1	95802	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1.2	1.1	1	95802	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1.2	1.1	1	95802	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1.2	1.1	1	95802	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1.2	1.1	1	95802	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1.2	1.1	1	95802	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1.2	1.1	1	95802	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1.2	1.1	1	95802	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1.2	1.1	1	95802	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1.2	1.1	1	95802	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1.2	1.1	1	95802	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1.2	1.1	1	95802	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1.2	1.1	1	95802	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1.2	1.1	1	95802	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1.2	1.1	1	95802	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1.2	1.1	1	95802	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1.2	1.1	1	95802	5674
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1.2	1.1	1	95802	155
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1.2	1.1	1	95802	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1.2	1.1	1	95802	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1.2	1.1	1	95802	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1.2	1.1	1	95802	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1.2	1.1	1	95802	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1.2	1.1	1	95802	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1.2	1.1	1	95802	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1.2	1.1	1	95802	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1.2	1.1	1	95802	4899
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1.2	1.1	1	95802	484
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1.2	1.1	1	95802	5251

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_373-00007	1.2	1.2	1.2										Au	17175	Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mts, Western Province (Fly Province), Papua New Guinea	Ok Tedi	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
	PorphCu-00053	1.2	1.1	1.2–1.1									Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Turquoise	Cu	17175	Ok Tedi Mine, Mount Fubilan, Star Mts, Western Province (Fly Province), Papua New Guinea	Ok Tedi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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