Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arctic Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 208300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arctic Ocean": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Barents Sea
Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano
Kara Sea
Loki's Castle
Norwegian Sea

Latitude: 72°32'3"N
Longitude: 25°57'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 72.534166666667,25.953055555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Feroxyhyte	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Nolanite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Anhydrite ()*	Birnessite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Feroxyhyte ()*
Ferrihydrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Vernadite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Feroxyhyte Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Nolanite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	1961	1588
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	1958	178
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	1961	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	1963,1965	3846
Feroxyhyte ()*	Feroxyhyte	Fe³⁺O(OH)	2	1958,1960	19
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	1958	86
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	1958	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1959	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	1958,1959	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	1958,1959	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1961	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1958	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	1961	21482
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	1959	652
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	1958	65

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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