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Locality Name:
Ratatotok District, Minahasa Selatan Regency, Sulawesi Utara Province (North Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia

mindat Locality ID: 302910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ratatotok District, Minahasa Selatan Regency, Sulawesi Utara Province (North Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alason
Lobongan
Mesel Deposit

Latitude: 0°52'0"N
Longitude: 124°42'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.86666666666667,124.7

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Mica	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite
Marcasite Mica None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	67152	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	67149	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	67146,67149	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	67146,67148,67152	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	67149	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	67146,67149	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	67152	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	67149	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	67149	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	67152	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	67152	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	67146	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	67149	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	67146,67148,67149,67150,67152	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	67152	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	67152	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	67146	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	67152	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67152	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	67152	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67152	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	67146,67148,67149,67150,67152	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	67152	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	67146,67149	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	67152	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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