Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse Hydrothermal Field (TAG), Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 16796
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16796.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse Hydrothermal Field (TAG), Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alvin Zone
Mir Mound
TAG Mound

Latitude: 26°8'59"N
Longitude: 44°49'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.149722222222,-44.818888888889

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Feroxyhyte	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline
Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Sulphur	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Akaganeite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*	Bornite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Feroxyhyte ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lead ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Nickel ()*	Nontronite ()*	Nukundamite ()*	Opal ()*
Paragonite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sorosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tin ()*	Vernadite ()*	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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Na Ni O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Feroxyhyte Gypsum Marcasite Mica Nickeline
Nolanite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Sulphur Wurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	3916	2793
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	0		63
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	3917	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3917	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	3916,3917	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	3916	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	3917	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	3917	5516
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0		49
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3917	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3916	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	3916,3917	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	3916	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	3917	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	3917	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	3916	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	3917	1027
Feroxyhyte ()*	Feroxyhyte	Fe³⁺O(OH)	0		19
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	0		86
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3917	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	3916,3917	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	3916,3917	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	3917	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	3916,3917	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	3917	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	3916	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	3917	2228
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	3916	192
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	3916	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	3916	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	3916,3917	5674
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	0		57
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	3917	471
Nukundamite ()*	None	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6S₄	1	3916	16
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	3917	2994
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	3917	247
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	3917	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	3916,3917	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	3917	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	3916,3917	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	3916	5614
Sorosite ()*	Nickeline	Cu_1+x(Sn,Sb)	1	3916	6
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	3916,3917	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	3917	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	3916	1101
Tin ()*	None	Sn	1	3916	63
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	0		65
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	3917	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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