Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Juan De Fuca Ridge Complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 16803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Juan De Fuca Ridge Complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Axial Seamount
Axial Volcanic Ridge
Endeavor Segment
EPR 21° N
Explorer Ridge
Middle Valley
North Cleft Segment
Southern Gorda Ridge

Latitude: 43°7'1"N
Longitude: 126°51'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.116944444444,-126.85277777778

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper
Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Feroxyhyte	Geocronite	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Löllingite
Lipscombite	Marcasite	Matlockite	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	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 As Au Ba Bi Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl H Na O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper
Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Feroxyhyte Geocronite Gypsum Ktenasite Löllingite
Lipscombite Marcasite Matlockite Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismoclite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Caminite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Feroxyhyte ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gordaite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jonassonite ()*
Jordanite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Löllingite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Maldonite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Safflorite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vernadite ()*	Villamanínite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	95220	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5	95208,95211,95212,95214,95220	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	95214,95220	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	95213	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	95211,95212,95213,95214,95220	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	95207	178
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	95220	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	1	95220	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	95220	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	95220	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	95212	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	95220	843
Caminite ()*	Lipscombite	Mg₇(SO₄)₅(OH)₄·H₂O	1	95212	3
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	95212	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	95207,95211,95212,95213,95214,95216,95220	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	95220	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	95212,95213,95214,95220	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	95212	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	95212	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	95220	910
Feroxyhyte ()*	Feroxyhyte	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	95207	19
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	95207	86
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	95207,95212,95213,95214,95220	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	95220	133
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	95220	131
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	95207,95220	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	95220	30554
Gordaite ()*	Ktenasite	NaZn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	0		17
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	95212,95214,95220	6890
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	95220	104
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	5	95212,95213,95214,95216,95220	191
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	95212,95213	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
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	95220	762
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	95220	198
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	95220	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5	95211,95212,95213,95214,95220	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	95211,95212,95213,95214,95216,95217,95218,95220	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	95212,95214,95216,95220	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	95211	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	95220	317
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	95207,95211,95212,95213,95214,95218,95220	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	95220	668
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95220	57
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	95207,95212,95220	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	95212,95220	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	95207,95220	5317
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	95207	65
Villamanínite ()*	Pyrite	CuS₂	1	95212	10
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	5	95207,95211,95212,95213,95220	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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