Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pirogues River, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France

mindat Locality ID: 283589
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283589.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pirogues River, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pirogues Ophiolite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Auricupride	Bowieite	Copper	None	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Spinel

Bowieite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Cuprorhodsite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kashinite ()*	Laurite ()*
Malanite ()*	Osmium ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tulameenite ()*

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: As Cr Cu Fe Ir O Os Pt Rh Ru S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ir S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Bowieite Copper None Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃	1	54467	33
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	54467	3902
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	54467	124
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Spinel	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	1	54467	34
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	54467	110
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	54467	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	54467	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	1	54467	128
Kashinite ()*	Bowieite	Ir₂S₃	0		29
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	54467	226
Malanite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	1	54467	35
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	54467	169
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	54467	337
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	1	54467	66
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	1	54467	48

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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