Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Port Moresby Area, Central Province, Papua New Guinea

mindat Locality ID: 31095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Port Moresby Area, Central Province, Papua New Guinea": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Brown River

Latitude: 9°15'25"S
Longitude: 147°11'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.2569444444444,147.19972222222

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.

Clay	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Spinel

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 C Cu Fe H K O Os Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Osmium ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	95691	169
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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