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Locality Name:
Yellowknife Bay, Aeolis Palus, Gale Crater, Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars


mindat Locality ID: 253931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellowknife Bay, Aeolis Palus, Gale Crater, Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cumberland Drill Site
John Klein Drill Site
Rocknest Eolian Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayCoronaditeCorundumFeldsparGypsumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Akaganeite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Augite  (*)Bassanite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sanidine  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O280314,8031563
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)280315,803161588
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6380314,80315,803162060
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O280314,8031582
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl280314,803151398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3380314,80315,8031614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3280314,803165433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4380314,80315,8031614899
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6380314,80315,80316303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218031539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8280314,803159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2380314,80315,8031661156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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