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Locality Name:
Federal Flag Mine (Astrolabe Mine), Astrolabe Mineral Field, Central Province, Papua New Guinea


mindat Locality ID: 310264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Federal Flag Mine (Astrolabe Mine), Astrolabe Mineral Field, Central Province, Papua New Guinea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 9°24'41"S
Longitude: 147°20'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.4113888888889,147.33472222222
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: As Au C Co Cu Fe H O S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Co Cu Fe H O S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumDigeniteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteSphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Alloclasite  (*)Anilite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Geerite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Roxbyite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spionkopite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS056
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4088
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S160300
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S5038
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS0131
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5027
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28073
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8070


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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