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Locality Name:
East Kalimantan Province, Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 47621
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47621.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Kalimantan Province, Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kelian Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDigeniteEpidote
FeldsparKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S23161670222793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)23161670228803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS23161670229052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112316167022843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)231616702227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2231616702227198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS23161670222600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS23161670224165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42316167022651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S23161670221027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)223161670229895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)23161670228173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS231616702224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu231616702230554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)423161670225591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)22316167022234
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS223161670225674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2231616702217380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2316167022716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2231616702239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO223161670223106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S823161670229056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2231616702261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)23161670221711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)23161670226417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS231616702221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S323161670223418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1323161670225317



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
AJES44_373-000242316Early Miocene?       Au43581Kelian Deposit, East Kalimantan Province, Kalimantan (Borneo), IndonesiaKelianSillitoe (1997)10.1080/08120099708728318AJES44_373 


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