Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ladolam Au Deposit (Lihir Mine), Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.35
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.1

mindat Locality ID: 27932
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27932.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ladolam Au Deposit (Lihir Mine), Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 3°7'36"S
Longitude: 152°37'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.1266666666667,152.63222222222

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0.35	0.1	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0.35	0.1	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0.35	0.1	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0.35	0.1	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.35	0.1	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0.35	0.1	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0.35	0.1	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0.35	0.1	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.35	0.1	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0.35	0.1	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0.35	0.1	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0.35	0.1	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0.35	0.1	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.35	0.1	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0.35	0.1	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.35	0.1	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0.35	0.1	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0.35	0.1	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0.35	0.1	5317

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
	AJES44_373-00022	0.35	0.1	0.35-0.1										Au	27932	Ladolam Au Deposit (Lihir Mine), Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea	Ladolam	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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