Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.57

mindat Locality ID: 205774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bali Province
Nusa Tenggara Barat Province (West Lesser Sunda Islands Province)
Nusa Tenggara Timur Province (East Lesser Sunda Islands Province)

Latitude: 8°28'8"S
Longitude: 118°52'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.4688888888889,118.87194444444

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Thorite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Vivianite Zircon Zirconolite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3.88	3.57	2	67055,67056	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3.88	3.57	1	67055	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3.88	3.57	2	67055,67056	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3.88	3.57	1	67055	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	5.1	3.57	1	67055	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3.88	3.57	1	67055	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	5.1	3.57	1	67055	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3.88	3.57	1	67055	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	67052	3250
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3.88	3.57	1	67055	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	3.88	3.57	1	67055	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.1	3.57	1	67055	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3.88	3.57	1	67055	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3.88	3.57	3	67055,67056,67057	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3.88	3.57	1	67055	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3.88	3.57	1	67055	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3.88	3.57	2	67055,67057	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3.88	3.57	1	67055	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	3.88	3.57	2	67055,67056	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.1	3.57	1	67055	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3.88	3.57	1	67055	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	5.1	3.57	1	67055	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3.88	3.57	2	67055,67057	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3.88	3.57	2	67055,67057	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.1	4.9	2	67055,67056	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3.88	3.57	2	67052,67055	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	5.1	3.57	1	67055	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5.1	3.57	2	67055,67056	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.1	3.57	2	67055,67057	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3.88	3.57	3	67055,67056,67057	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3.88	3.57	2	67055,67057	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3.88	3.57	1	67055	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3.88	3.57	1	67055	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5.1	3.57	2	67055,67056	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	67052	2994
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3.88	3.57	1	67055	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3.88	3.57	3	67055,67056,67057	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3.88	3.57	1	67055	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.1	3.57	3	67055,67056,67057	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3.88	3.57	2	67055,67057	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	3.88	3.57	1	67055	1803
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	67060	1006
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	5.1	3.57	1	67055	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	67060	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇			1	67060	140

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	AJES44_373-00009	5.1	4.9	5.1-4.9										Au	43582	Batu Hijau Mine, Sumbawa Island, Nusa Tenggara Barat Province (West Lesser Sunda Islands Province), Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia	Batu Hijau	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
	PorphCu-00101	3.88	3.57	3.76±0.12 – 3.67±0.1									Actinolite, Albite, Alunite, Andalusite, Anhydrite, Anthophyllite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Diaspore, Epidote, Galena, Gypsum, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Paragonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	43582	Batu Hijau Mine, Sumbawa Island, Nusa Tenggara Barat Province (West Lesser Sunda Islands Province), Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia	Batu Hijau	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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