Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Jefferson Island (Lake Peigneur Sulphur Mine; Cote Caroline), Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 43607
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43607.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jefferson Island (Lake Peigneur Sulphur Mine; Cote Caroline), Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°59'19"N
Longitude: 91°58'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.988611111111,-91.983055555556

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hauerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hauerite ()*	Pyrite	MnS₂	26
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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