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Locality Name:
Simunjan, Sarawak, Malaysia


mindat Locality ID: 286530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Simunjan, Sarawak, Malaysia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Punda Au-Cu Deposit

Latitude: 1°7'54"N
Longitude: 110°57'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 1.1316666666667,110.95972222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteKaolinite
MalachiteMicaNonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStannite
StibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6180111966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18011111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18011127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1801115707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218011127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1801114165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)180111481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4180111651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4180111910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18011124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18011130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318011114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41801115591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4180111198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218011112537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1801111508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218011117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218011139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2180111771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218011161156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31801113418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131801115317



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