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Locality Name:
Kainantu Mine (Bilimoia Au-Bi-W-Te Deposit), Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea


mindat Locality ID: 155671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kainantu Mine (Bilimoia Au-Bi-W-Te Deposit), Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 6°6'30"S
Longitude: 145°53'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.1083333333333,145.88666666667
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovellite
EnargiteEpidoteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Idaite  (*)
Kostovite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe20361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13072
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS40142
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe4021
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8092
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4064
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe40337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe0190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te30276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510


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