Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Fergusson Island (Moratau), D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

mindat Locality ID: 226959
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226959.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fergusson Island (Moratau), D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gomwabila Prospect
Iamalele Prospect (Airstrip Prospect)
Wapolu Mine
Wiyoumaga Prospect
Yaluwan Prospect

Latitude: 9°29'13"S
Longitude: 150°36'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.4869444444444,150.60305555556

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

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 Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	95727	9052
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	95725	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	95724	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	95726	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	95724,95726	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	95725	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	95725	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	95726	1487
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	95725,95727	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	95724,95727	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	95724,95726,95727	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	95728	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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