Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.1

mindat Locality ID: 28682
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28682.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dyaul Island
Lihir Island
Lihir Island Area
New Ireland Island
Tabar Group

Latitude: 3°2'50"S
Longitude: 151°58'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.0472222222222,151.97638888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Digenite	Geocronite	Iron	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nadorite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Wurtzite

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Cerite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Digenite Geocronite Iron Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nadorite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite
Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Tridymite Wurtzite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Alacránite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Böhmite ()*
Bonazziite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hedyphane ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Jordanite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nadorite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Taenite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*

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
Alacránite ()*	Not in a structural group	As₈S₉	0.35	0.1	1	95769	18
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0.35	0.1	2	95767,95769	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0.35	0.1	2	95767,95769	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0.35	0.1	1	95769	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0.35	0.1	1	95767	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0.35	0.1	1	95767	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0.35	0.1	1	95769	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	95765	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0.35	0.1	1	95769	11547
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	0.35	0.1	1	95769	195
Bonazziite ()*	None	As₄S₄	0.35	0.1	1	95769	5
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0.35	0.1	1	95769	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.35	0.1	1	95767	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0.35	0.1	1	95769	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.9	0.1	4	95767,95769,95770,95772	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	95765	3902
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0.35	0.1	1	95770	43
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0.35	0.1	1	95769	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0.35	0.1	1	95769	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	0.35	0.1	1	95770	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0.35	0.1	1	95769	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0.35	0.1	2	95767,95769	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0.35	0.1	2	95767,95769	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	95765	2812
Hedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(AsO₄)₃Cl	0.35	0.1	1	95769	48
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0.35	0.1	1	95769	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	0.35	0.1	1	95770	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	95765	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	95765	1089
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	0.35	0.1	1	95769	105
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0.35	0.1	1	95769	5591
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0.35	0.1	1	95770	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.35	0.1	2	95767,95770	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0.35	0.1	2	95767,95769	5674
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	95765	230
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0.35	0.1	1	95767	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0.35	0.1	1	95769	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0.35	0.1	1	95767	17380
Nadorite ()*	Nadorite	PbSb³⁺O₂Cl	0.35	0.1	1	95769	18
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0.35	0.1	1	95769	128
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0.35	0.1	1	95767	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	0.35	0.1	1	95769	511
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0.35	0.1	1	95770	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			1	95765	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.9	0.1	3	95767,95769,95772	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0.35	0.1	1	95767	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.35	0.1	2	95767,95769	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0.35	0.1	1	95769	712
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	0.35	0.1	1	95769	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0.35	0.1	1	95769	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	95765	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0.35	0.1	2	95767,95769	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	0.35	0.1	1	95769	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0.35	0.1	1	95769	3418
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	95765	703
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0.35	0.1	2	95767,95769	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0.35	0.1	2	95767,95769	5317
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	95765	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	95765	1044

2 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
	AJES44_373-00022	0.35	0.1	0.35-0.1										Au	27932	Ladolam Au Deposit (Lihir Mine), Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea	Ladolam	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
	PorphCu-00617	33.9	5.3	Oligocene–Miocene										Cu	208476	Legusulum Cu Deposit, New Ireland Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea	Legusulum	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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