Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Astrolabe Mineral Field, Central Province, Papua New Guinea

mindat Locality ID: 310262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Astrolabe Mineral Field, Central Province, Papua New Guinea": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
A. & E. Workings
Brown Hill
Doavagi Mine
Dubuna Mine
Eldorado Prospect
Elvina Mine (Elvina West Mine)
Elvina South Mine
Eriama
Eriama Creek
Federal Flag Mine (Astrolabe Mine)
Gaile Manganese Deposit
Gobuia
Gordon Prospect
Hector Mine
Hercules Mine
Kapa Kapa
Katea Prospect
Koiari Prospect
Laloki East Deposit
Laloki East Extension
Laloki Mine
Laloki North Mine
Laloki West Deposit
Lu Lu Prospect
Merrie England Mine
Moresby King Mine
Moresby King No.2 Mine
Moresby King No.3 Mine
Moresby King No.4 Mine
Mount Cook Mine
Mount Diamond Mine
Mount Louis Prospect
Pandora Mine
Paree Mine (Pari Mine)
Rigo Road
Ruby Prospect
Sapphire King Mine
Sapphire Mine
Skull Deposit
Ventura Prospect
Victoria Hampton (Anaconda)

Latitude: 9°28'39"S
Longitude: 147°21'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.4775,147.35111111111

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum
Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Alloclasite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anilite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Geerite ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Roxbyite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tsumoite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Yarrowite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum
Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Topaz Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite
Zircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	8803
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	1	95653	56
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	95659	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	95664	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	95653	88
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	95653,95664,95669	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	95653	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	95664	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	95664,95684	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	6	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678,95681	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	95645,95647,95649,95651,95652,95655,95664,95677,95678,95684	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	95653	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	95647,95649,95653,95664,95669,95674,95677,95681,95683,95684	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	95681	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	95653	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	95653	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	95664,95683	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	95649	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	95653	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	95653	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	95653	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	95647,95649,95664	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1	95653	38
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	95653	131
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	95649	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	95647,95653,95664,95684	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	95664	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	95647,95649,95653,95669,95675,95677,95684	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	95659	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	9	95645,95651,95652,95655,95657,95659,95664,95678,95684	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	95653,95657,95677,95684	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	7	95647,95649,95653,95664,95669,95677,95681	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14	95645,95647,95649,95651,95652,95653,95655,95664,95669,95674,95677,95678,95681,95683	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	95654	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	95669	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	95645,95649,95651,95652,95655,95657,95664,95669,95674,95678,95681,95683,95684	61156
Roxbyite ()*	None	Cu₉S₅	1	95653	27
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	95659,95669	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	95647,95649,95653,95664,95669,95674,95681	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	95653	73
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95664	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	95653	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	95664	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	95659	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	2562
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1	95664	100
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	5	95645,95651,95652,95655,95678	1247
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1	95653	70
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	95659	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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