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:
King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 48430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Admiralty Bay
Barton Peninsula
Keller Peninsula
Llano Point
Low Head

Latitude: 62°9'56"S
Longitude: 58°27'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -62.165555555556,-58.461111111111

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Leucophosphite	Mica	Molybdenite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Struvite	Sulphur	Taranakite

Actinolite ()*	Aerinite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*
Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cowlesite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrosaponite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Minyulite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Struvite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Taranakite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo N Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Leucophosphite Mica Molybdenite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Struvite Sulphur Taranakite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1929	3419
Aerinite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O	1	1928	22
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1928	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	1929	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	1927	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	1929	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	1928	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	1927,1929	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	1929	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	1929	1797
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	1928	84
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	1929	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	1928	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	1928	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	1929	8173
Ferrosaponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Ca_0.3(Fe²⁺,Mg,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	1927	6
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	2	1931,1932	367
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	1927	1271
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	2	1931,1932	110
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	1928,1929	14899
Minyulite ()*	None	KAl₂(PO₄)₂F·4H₂O	2	1931,1932	31
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	1927	43
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	1929	5800
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	1927	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1929	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	1927	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	1928,1929,1930	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1929	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	1928,1929,1930	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	1929	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	1928	301
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	1927	390
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O	2	1931,1932	30
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	1929	2045
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	1932	57
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	1	1929	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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