Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kilo Moana Vent Field, Southern Lau Basin, Tonga

mindat Locality ID: 310028
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310028.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kilo Moana Vent Field, Southern Lau Basin, Tonga": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°3'15"S
Longitude: 176°8'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.054166666667,-176.13333333333

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.

None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stannoidite	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 Cu Fe S Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe S Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Pyrite Sphalerite Stannite Stannoidite Wurtzite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Lautite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rudashevskyite ()*
Stannoidite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	82
Lautite ()*	None	CuAsS	32
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Rudashevskyite ()*	Sphalerite	(Fe,Zn)S	3
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	80
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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