Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 9

mindat Locality ID: 29062
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29062.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bulolo Mine
Hidden Valley Mine
Kerimenge-Lemenge Prospect
Lake Trist
Morobe Goldfields
Mount Kaindi
Ribroaster Mine
Wafi River Cu-Au Deposit
Wafi-Golpu Deposit
Wamum Prospect
Wau Mine

Latitude: 7°13'8"S
Longitude: 146°37'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.2188888888889,146.62777777778

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

46 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	9	9	1	95758	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	9	9	2	95758,95761	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	95746	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	95746,95757	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	95760	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	95746	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	9	9	2	95758,95760	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	95756,95761	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	9	9	3	95756,95758,95760	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	9	5	95746,95756,95758,95760,95761	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	9	9	2	95758,95760	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	95761	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	95760	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	9	9	1	95758	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	9	9	1	95758	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	9	9	1	95758	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	9	9	1	95758	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	9	9	3	95746,95758,95760	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	95746,95756,95760,95761	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	9	9	1	95758	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	9	12	95744,95746,95748,95752,95753,95754,95755,95756,95757,95758,95759,95761	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	9	9	2	95758,95761	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	95746	804
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	9	9	2	95758,95761	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	9	9	2	95758,95761	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	9	9	1	95758	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	9	9	3	95755,95758,95760	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	95760	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	95756	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	95746,95760,95761	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	9	9	2	95758,95760	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9	9	5	95746,95757,95758,95760,95761	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	95761	2994
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	95746	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	9	6	95746,95756,95757,95758,95760,95761	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	95756	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	9	9	1	95758	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	95757,95760	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	95746,95748,95756,95761	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	95756,95761	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	95746	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	95756	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	95746,95756,95760,95761	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	95749	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	9	9	1	95758	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	9	9	4	95746,95756,95758,95761	5317

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-00615	9	9	9									Actinolite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Dickite, Epidote, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	208474	Wafi River Cu-Au Deposit, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea	Wafi River	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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