Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ouen Island, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 83
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 145279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ouen Island, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ouen Island Ophiolite

Latitude: 22°24'38"S
Longitude: 166°47'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.410555555556,166.78555555556

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	Auricupride	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel
Ullmannite

Actinolite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Erlichmanite ()*	Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*
Laurite ()*	Malanite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Potarite ()*
Sudburyite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*

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 Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir Mg Na Ni O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel
Ullmannite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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	83	33.9	0		3419
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	83	33.9	1	54452	3902
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	83	33.9	1	54452	124
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	83	33.9	1	54452	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	83	33.9	1	54452	944
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	83	33.9	1	54452	110
Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Potarite	Pt₂FeNi	83	33.9	1	54452	13
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	83	33.9	1	54452	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	83	33.9	1	54452	154
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	83	33.9	1	54452	128
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	83	33.9	1	54452	226
Malanite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	83	33.9	1	54452	35
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	83	33.9	1	54452	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	83	33.9	1	54452	1512
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	83	33.9	1	54452	25
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	83	33.9	1	54452	46
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	83	33.9	1	54452	66

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00127	83	33.9		K-Ar, ?-?								Potarite	Hg	203208	Ouen Island Ophiolite, Ouen Island, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France		Cluzel et al. (2001); Paquette and Cluzel (2007)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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