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Locality Name:
Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3

mindat Locality ID: 28679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Indonesia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District)

Latitude: 4°4'18"S
Longitude: 137°6'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.0716666666667,137.11277777778
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournonite
BruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorrensiteCorundumCovellite
CubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGermaniteGypsum
HumiteKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyrite
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StibniteSulphurTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteValleriiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

81 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Allophane  (*)Altaite  (*)Amesite  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Clintonite  (*)Colusite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dozyite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Humite  (*)Idaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monticellite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Nukundamite  (*)
Opal  (*)Petzite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3.331672122793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23.33467207,67208,67209,672173419
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O3.33167220470
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe3.33267208,67219489
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)43.3316721274
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO53.33367207,67208,672161310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33.33267208,672121534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)3.33767207,67208,67209,67212,67215,67216,672171588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23.331672083092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)3.331672121036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43.33167212708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3.33267208,672199052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3.331672081966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33.331672081935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43.33767207,67208,67209,67212,67216,67217,672205516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33.331672201089
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)23.33167212462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3.331067207,67208,67209,67210,67212,67213,67215,67216,67217,6721927770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)3.331672081252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3.33467210,67212,67216,672175707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23.33967207,67208,67209,67210,67212,67216,67217,67219,6722027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43.33267212,67217951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83.331672121756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F23.33167217236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3.331672081025
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)23.33267213,6721586
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S1633267207,67216110
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S53.33167208344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3.33667208,67210,67212,67216,67217,672204165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S33.33167208802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)23.33167208327
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)3.33167220481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3.33467210,67212,67216,672171027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63.33567208,67209,67210,67212,672174135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23.33467208,67212,67215,672169895
Dozyite  (*)Corrensite ClayMg7Al2(Si4Al2)O15(OH)123.331672123
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS43.33367207,67216,67217910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3.33467208,67212,67219,672208173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23.33367216,67217,672209617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)3.33667207,67208,67209,67212,67215,672171188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3.33567208,67212,67216,67217,6721924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3.33867207,67208,67209,67210,67212,67216,67219,6722030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33.331672081544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3.33367208,67212,672166890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63.33267208,67217741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33.33367208,67210,6721614640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te3.33367208,67210,67219804
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F23.3316721780
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS43.33167212142
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63.331672202228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43.33367207,67216,672195591
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43.33367208,67212,67215359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43.33867208,67209,67210,67212,67216,67217,67219,6722014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23.33367207,67208,672165674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23.33367207,67216,672175800
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)3.33767207,67209,67210,67212,67213,67215,67217153
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3.331672071508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23.33667207,67209,67210,67216,67217,6722017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O3.33167208471
Nukundamite  (*)NoneCu3.4Fe0.6S43.33367207,67216,6721716
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3.331672202994
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe23.33267208,67219409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23.33867207,67208,67209,67210,67212,67216,67217,672202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23.33867208,67209,67212,67214,67216,67217,67219,6722039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)23.33167216771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83.33267208,672179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23.33767208,67209,67210,67212,67216,67217,6721961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3.331672084894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3.331672086417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3.33567208,67216,67217,67219,6722021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3.33267207,672172045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23.33767207,67208,67209,67210,67212,67217,672203337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133.33367208,67216,672201803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S3.33267208,67219510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133.33267208,672195317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3.331672174899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23.33467207,67208,67209,672172562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]3.33167207237
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O3.33267219,67220652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)103.33567208,67210,67212,67213,672151395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33.33267207,672191247


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
AJES44_373-000083.333.3-3.0       Au27261Grasberg Mine, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), IndonesiaGrasbergSillitoe (1997)10.1080/08120099708728318AJES44_373 
PorphCu-00083333      Actinolite, Andalusite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Colusite, Covellite, Diopside, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Nukundamite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Valleriite, WollastoniteCu27261Grasberg Mine, Gunung Bijih District (Grasberg District), Carstensz Mts, New Guinea, Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya), IndonesiaGrasbergSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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