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:
Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 29780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hook Ridge

Latitude: 62°11'37"S
Longitude: 57°16'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -62.193611111111,-57.274166666667

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	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Enargite	Marcasite	None	Orpiment	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Ikaite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Enargite Marcasite None Orpiment Pyrite
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	1911	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	1911	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	1911	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	1911	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	1911	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	1911	24243
Ikaite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·6H₂O	0		12
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	1911	5674
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	1911	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	1911	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	1911	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1911	39462
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	1911	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	1911	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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