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:
Axial Seamount, Juan De Fuca Ridge Complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 195034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Axial Seamount, Juan De Fuca Ridge Complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°55'59"N
Longitude: 130°'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.933055555556,-130.01388888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Feroxyhyte	Geocronite	Nolanite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Birnessite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Feroxyhyte ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Vernadite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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: As Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Diaspore Feroxyhyte Geocronite Nolanite None Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	178
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Feroxyhyte ()*	Feroxyhyte	Fe³⁺O(OH)	19
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	86
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	65
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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