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Locality Name:
Louisiana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 16644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Louisiana, USA": 125
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 88

Number of Child Localities: 64
Child Localities:
Acadia Parish
Allen Parish
Ascension Parish
Assumption Parish
Avoyelles Parish
Beauregard Parish
Bienville Parish
Bossier Parish
Caddo Parish
Calcasieu Parish
Caldwell Parish
Cameron Parish
Catahoula Parish
Claiborne Parish
Concordia Parish
De Soto Parish
East Baton Rouge Parish
East Carroll Parish
East Feliciana Parish
Evangeline Parish
Franklin Parish
Grant Parish
Iberia Parish
Iberville Parish
Jackson Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson Parish
La Salle Parish
Lafayette Parish
Lafourche Parish
Lincoln Parish
Livingston Parish
Madison Parish
Morehouse Parish
Natchitoches Parish
Orleans Parish
Ouachita Parish
Plaquemines Parish
Pointe Coupee Parish
Rapides Parish
Red River Parish
Richland Parish
Sabine Parish
St. Bernard Parish
St. Charles Parish
St. Helena Parish
St. James Parish
St. John The Baptist Parish
St. Landry Parish
St. Martin Parish
St. Mary Parish
St. Tammany Parish
Tangipahoa Parish
Tensas Parish
Terrebonne Parish
Union Parish
Vermillion Parish
Vernon Parish
Washington Parish
Webster Parish
West Baton Rouge Parish
West Carroll Parish
West Feliciana Parish
Winn Parish

Latitude: 30°53'16"N
Longitude: 91°49'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.887777777778,-91.817777777778

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Boracite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Corundum	Cubanite	Danburite	Diamond	Diaspore	Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hilgardite
Iron	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Vivianite	Wurtzite

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Boracite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay
Corundum Cubanite Danburite Diamond Diaspore Enargite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Hilgardite
Iron Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Vivianite Wurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boracite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chambersite ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Danburite ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Ericaite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hauerite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hilgardite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Opal ()*	Osbornite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sylvite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Vivianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	216523	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	216480	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	19	216406,216420,216422,216456,216457,216458,216461,216470,216471,216484,216485,216486,216487,216488,216503,216509,216510,216511,216525	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	216461	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	216420,216422,216525	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	216525	379
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	216443,216480	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	216503	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	216412,216413,216424,216456,216457,216485,216503,216525	11547
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	5	216406,216461,216486,216487,216488	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	22	216412,216420,216422,216432,216435,216437,216451,216456,216457,216458,216461,216470,216471,216484,216485,216486,216487,216503,216509,216510,216511,216525	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	5	216413,216422,216456,216470,216485	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	216525	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	216456,216458,216487,216503,216525	27198
Chambersite ()*	Boracite	Mn₃B₇O₁₃Cl	3	216406,216486,216488	11
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	216443	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	216443,216480	3902
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	216523	802
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	1	216461	148
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	216523	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2	216414,216416	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	216480	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	10	216406,216422,216456,216457,216458,216461,216484,216487,216488,216525	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	216525	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	216480,216523	944
Ericaite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	216488	7
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	216422	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	216480	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	216503,216525	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	9	216415,216418,216435,216457,216458,216461,216484,216487,216525	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	216523	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	16	216420,216422,216432,216456,216457,216461,216467,216471,216484,216485,216486,216503,216509,216510,216511,216525	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	15	216420,216422,216456,216457,216458,216461,216470,216471,216485,216486,216488,216503,216509,216511,216525	1398
Hauerite ()*	Pyrite	MnS₂	6	216456,216457,216458,216461,216484,216486	26
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	9	216435,216437,216439,216456,216457,216461,216487,216515,216525	14640
Hilgardite ()*	Hilgardite	Ca₂B₅O₉Cl·H₂O	1	216461	13
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	216443,216456	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	216443,216523	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	216457,216487	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	216461	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	7	216412,216435,216456,216457,216458,216461,216525	5674
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	216443	230
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	216523	58
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	216427,216482,216515	2994
Osbornite ()*	Rocksalt	TiN	1	216523	20
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	216486	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	216432,216437,216439,216456,216457,216458,216461,216503,216515,216525	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	216525	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	27	216402,216406,216411,216427,216436,216439,216440,216442,216446,216447,216448,216449,216452,216456,216457,216458,216461,216464,216474,216482,216487,216488,216490,216494,216506,216515,216525	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	216525	712
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	216523	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	216432,216435,216456,216458,216487	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	216430,216473,216486,216503,216517,216523,216525	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	216525	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	17	216420,216422,216451,216456,216457,216461,216470,216471,216484,216485,216486,216503,216505,216509,216510,216511,216525	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	4	216456,216457,216485,216488	275
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	216443,216480	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	216443	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	3	216443,216480,216523	1044
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	216432,216524	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060425	Venice Salt Dome, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA	https://rruff.info/R060425

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