Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ofi Creek, Central Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4.46
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4.38

mindat Locality ID: 282940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ofi Creek, Central Province, Papua New Guinea": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount Bini Cu-Au Deposit

Latitude: 9°18'"S
Longitude: 147°35'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.3,147.58333333333

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	Diaspore	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

15 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	4.46	4.38	1	95689	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	4.46	4.38	1	95689	1588
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4.46	4.38	1	95689	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4.46	4.38	1	95689	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4.46	4.38	1	95689	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4.46	4.38	1	95689	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4.46	4.38	1	95689	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4.46	4.38	1	95689	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4.46	4.38	1	95689	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4.46	4.38	1	95689	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4.46	4.38	1	95689	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4.46	4.38	1	95689	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4.46	4.38	1	95689	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4.46	4.38	1	95689	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4.46	4.38	1	95689	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-00418	4.46	4.38	4.42±0.04									Actinolite, Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	206309	Mount Bini Cu-Au Deposit, Ofi Creek, Central Province, Papua New Guinea	Mount Bini	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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