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Locality Name:
Pahang, Malaysia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 251
Youngest recorded age at locality: 245

mindat Locality ID: 41610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pahang, Malaysia": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Ampang Jaleh
Bukit Ibam Mine
Bukit Selinsing Koyan
Cheroh
Kechau Tui
Kuantan Bauxite Deposit
Mengapur District
Raub District
Sungai Gow

Latitude: 3°54'39"N
Longitude: 102°22'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 3.9108333333333,102.37888888889

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSepioliteSphalerite
StibniteStilpnomelaneTetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aerinite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Iridium  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schoenfliesite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aerinite  (*)Not in a structural group(Ca,Na)6(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)4(Al,Mg)6Si12O36(OH)12(CO3)·12H2O18001622
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS280012,800169052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18001927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21800275171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2251245580012,80015,80016,80019,8002227198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2280016,800199895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS251245480012,80016,80019,8002224243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3180020504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1800207437
Gold  (*)CopperAu251245680012,80015,80016,80019,80022,8002630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1800162812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318002014640
Iridium  (*)CopperIr180017162
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4280016,800205591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22512451800225800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218001617380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2180019409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2251245480012,80015,80016,8002239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8280012,800169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2480012,80016,80019,8002061156
Schoenfliesite  (*)PerovskiteMgSn(OH)618002710
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O180016241
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS251245480012,80016,80019,8002221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3280015,800163418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O180016456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13280012,800195317



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00572251245Lower Triassic ?      Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu207313Sungai Luit, Mengapur District, Pahang, MalaysiaMengpurSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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