Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

mindat Locality ID: 280242
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280242.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kainantu Mine (Bilimoia Au-Bi-W-Te Deposit)

Latitude: 6°6'30"S
Longitude: 145°53'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.1083333333333,145.88638888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Enargite	Epidote	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Aikinite ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Idaite ()*
Kostovite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetradymite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite
Enargite Epidote Melonite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	95706	315
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	95706	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	95706	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	95706	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	95706	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	95706	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	95706	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95706	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	95706	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	95706	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	95706	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	95706	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	95706	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	95706	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	95706	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	95706	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	1	95706	72
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	95706	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	95706	804
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	95706	142
Kostovite ()*	None	AuCuTe₄	1	95706	21
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	1	95706	92
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95706	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	95706	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	95706	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	95706	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	95706	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	1	95706	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	95706	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	95706	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	95706	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	95706	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	95706	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	95706	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	95706	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	95706	510

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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