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:
Ashadze Hydrothermal Area, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 271515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ashadze Hydrothermal Area, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ashadze 1
Ashadze 2

Latitude: 12°58'40"N
Longitude: 44°52'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.977777777778,-44.880833333333

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.

Aragonite	Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite
Fluorite	Marcasite	Melonite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sepiolite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Wurtzite

Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Carrollite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Greigite ()*	Halite ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Roxbyite ()*
Rudashevskyite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wurtzite ()*
Yarrowite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te U Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Atacamite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite
Fluorite Marcasite Melonite Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Rocksalt
Sepiolite Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Wurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	3881	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	3880	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	3880	843
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	3880	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3880	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	3880,3881	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	3880	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	1	3880	82
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	3880	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	3880	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	3880,3881	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1	3880	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	3881	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	3880	30554
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	3880	62
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	3881	1398
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	2	3880,3881	191
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	3880	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	3880	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	3880	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	3880	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	3880,3881	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	3880	9056
Roxbyite ()*	None	Cu₉S₅	1	3880	27
Rudashevskyite ()*	Sphalerite	(Fe,Zn)S	1	3880	3
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	3881	241
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	3880	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	3880	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3880	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	3880	73
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	3880	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	3881	2718
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	3880	372
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1	3880	70

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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