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Locality Name:
Vanuatu


mindat Locality ID: 187716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vanuatu": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Espiritu Santo
Futunu Trough
Tanna Is
Vate Trough

Latitude: 17°41'47"S
Longitude: 168°48'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.696388888889,168.81388888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDiasporeGypsumMalachite
MarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
Sulphur

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61294575966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12945751588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12945773250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3294574,294575,29457811547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O2294574,294578178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412945735516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24294573,294574,294575,29457827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2294574,2945784165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3294572,294574,29457824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12945747437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2294570,29457330554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12945776890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4129457314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2129457312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22294574,2945785674
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1294578471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12945772994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31294575511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26294571,294572,294573,294574,294575,29457839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2129457261156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1294575712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3294574,294575,29457821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12945772045


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