Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maripasoula Commune, French Guiana, France

mindat Locality ID: 219142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maripasoula Commune, French Guiana, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dorlin
Maroni River Alluvials

Latitude: 3°45'11"N
Longitude: 53°33'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 3.7530555555556,-53.555555555556

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	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Spinel ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au B Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Spinel Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	53658	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	53659	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	53658	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	53658,53659	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	53659	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	53659	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	53658	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	53658	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	53658	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	53659	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	53659	2705
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	53659	1934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	53658	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	53659	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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