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:
EPR 7°S-23°S, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 212526
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212526.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "EPR 7°S-23°S, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
R/V Geolog Fersman 4F-121 Core

Latitude: 20°42'47"S
Longitude: 114°15'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.713055555556,-114.265

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Allophane ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	0		470
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	95198	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	95198	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	0		372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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