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:
Pacific Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 16131
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16131.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pacific Ocean": 83
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
China Sea
Clarion-Clipperton Zone
East Pacific Rise
Galápagos Hotspot (Galapagos Rift)
Galápagos Hotspot (GRAFZI Project)
Hydrate Ridge
Kermadec-Tonga Trench
Lo'ihi Seamount
Manihiki Plateau
Marcus-Wake Ridge
Mariana Forearc
Mid-Pacific Rise
Philippine Sea
Sea Of Japan
Sea Of Okhotsk
South California Borderland
South China Sea
Tonga-Kermadec Arc
Woodlark Basin

Latitude: 13°37'35"N
Longitude: 6°13'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.626388888889,-6.2188888888889

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite
Auricupride	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corrensite
Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Feroxyhyte
Geocronite	Gypsum	Heulandite	Hydrotalcite	Iron	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Löllingite	Lipscombite	Marcasite
Matlockite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tamarugite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite	Wilkmanite
Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite
Auricupride Baryte Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corrensite
Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Feroxyhyte
Geocronite Gypsum Heulandite Hydrotalcite Iron Kaolinite Ktenasite Löllingite Lipscombite Marcasite
Matlockite Mica Natrolite Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tamarugite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite Wilkmanite
Wurtzite Zircon

127 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anatase ()*
Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*
Bismite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caminite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromium ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Corrensite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Feroxyhyte ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*
Glaucodot ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gordaite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Heideite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iowaite ()*
Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jonassonite ()*
Jordanite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Maldonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natroalunite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nickel ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Palladium ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rustenburgite ()*	Rutile ()*	Safflorite ()*	Saponite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Tamarugite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Titanium ()*	Todorokite ()*
Tungsten ()*	Variscite ()*	Vernadite ()*	Villamanínite ()*	Wurtzite ()*
Zinc ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	95220	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	95220	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	95187,95205,95225,95245,95251	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	95197	470
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	95225	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	95220,95245	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	14	95185,95187,95200,95201,95202,95203,95204,95208,95211,95212,95214,95220,95225,95264	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	95188	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	95195	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	95188,95204,95232,95250	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	95214,95220,95225,95239,95240	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	95196,95213	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	95195	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	20	95185,95196,95201,95204,95211,95212,95213,95214,95220,95225,95234,95244,95245,95246,95247,95250,95256,95257,95264,95266	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	7	95192,95207,95225,95253,95255,95257,95266	178
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	2	95220,95241	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	1	95220	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	95220	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	95220	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	95196,95203,95212,95225,95226	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	95220	843
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	95232	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	14	95185,95187,95188,95196,95197,95204,95230,95244,95250,95251,95253,95254,95255,95256	27770
Caminite ()*	Lipscombite	Mg₇(SO₄)₅(OH)₄·H₂O	1	95212	3
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	95239,95245	5171
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95225	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	95196,95203,95212,95225,95240	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20	95196,95197,95201,95202,95203,95204,95207,95211,95212,95213,95214,95216,95220,95222,95238,95239,95240,95245,95248,95264	27198
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	2	95240,95245	26
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	95232	951
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Heulandite	Na₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	95225	24
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	95220	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	6	95194,95198,95228,95238,95240,95245	3846
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	1	95225	49
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	9	95196,95197,95203,95212,95213,95214,95220,95222,95225	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	95222,95225	453
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	5	95200,95202,95203,95212,95251	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3	95196,95203,95212	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	95205	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	7	95187,95188,95251,95253,95257,95258,95259	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2	95220,95225	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	95195,95205	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	95225,95240,95245	8173
Feroxyhyte ()*	Feroxyhyte	Fe³⁺O(OH)	2	95192,95207	19
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	4	95207,95263,95264,95266	86
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	95254,95257,95258	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	95195,95205	1188
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	95266	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	14	95201,95204,95207,95212,95213,95214,95220,95225,95238,95240,95241,95245,95251,95264	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	95220	133
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	95220	131
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	14	95192,95196,95197,95200,95207,95220,95225,95234,95253,95254,95255,95257,95263,95264	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	95220,95238,95266	30554
Gordaite ()*	Ktenasite	NaZn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	1	95206	17
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	95196	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	95212,95214,95220	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	95240,95241	1398
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	95220	104
Heideite ()*	Wilkmanite	(Fe,Cr)_1.15(Ti,Fe)₂S₄	1	95251	4
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	95225,95263,95266	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	95195	407
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	95230,95245	49
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	95196	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	95258	5433
Iowaite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(OH)₁₆Cl₂·4H₂O	1	95232	14
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	4	95239,95240,95245,95248	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	6	95204,95212,95213,95214,95216,95220	191
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	95205	154
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	95212,95213,95225	2228
Jonassonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au(Bi,Pb)₅S₄	1	95220	19
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	2	95207,95220	105
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	1	95220	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	95187,95197,95225,95230	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	95251	234
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	95232	359
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	95220	762
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	95220	198
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	95261	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	95185	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	95196,95197,95230,95232,95240,95245,95248	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	95220	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	14	95187,95196,95197,95200,95201,95204,95211,95212,95213,95214,95220,95222,95225,95263	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	95266	300
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	95230	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	95187,95197,95225,95230,95238,95253,95255,95256,95257,95258	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	95225	128
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	95230,95253	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	95205	884
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	1	95240	57
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	4	95225,95226,95251,95266	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	6	95196,95225,95243,95256,95264,95266	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	95187	2349
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	2	95238,95241	59
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	95205	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	95238	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	95205	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	95238	485
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	95266	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	28	95185,95187,95196,95197,95200,95201,95202,95203,95211,95212,95213,95214,95216,95217,95218,95220,95222,95225,95226,95239,95240,95243,95245,95247,95250,95251,95263,95266	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9	95196,95200,95204,95212,95214,95216,95220,95225,95261	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	95187,95188,95197,95211,95225,95230,95240,95243,95253,95254,95255,95256,95257,95258,95259	61156
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	1	95234	34
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	95225,95240	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	95220	317
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	95225	301
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	95240,95245	4894
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	95245	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	95185,95188	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	95198,95238,95239,95240,95241,95245,95248	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	19	95197,95200,95201,95202,95203,95204,95207,95211,95212,95213,95214,95218,95220,95222,95225,95226,95238,95240,95264	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	95205,95237,95240	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	3	95220,95238,95241	668
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95220	57
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	7	95196,95207,95212,95220,95225,95263,95264	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	95212,95220	3337
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	95225	87
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	95207,95220	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	95225	4899
Titanium ()*	None	Ti	2	95240,95245	8
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	8	95192,95230,95253,95254,95255,95256,95257,95259	433
Tungsten ()*	Iron	W	1	95238	23
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	95190	301
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	3	95192,95207,95230	65
Villamanínite ()*	Pyrite	CuS₂	1	95212	10
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	10	95196,95197,95201,95207,95211,95212,95213,95220,95222,95264	372
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	3	95239,95240,95245	52
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	95237,95238	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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