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:
Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 241740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hurd Peninsula
Unnamed Cu-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 62°39'59"S
Longitude: 60°22'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -62.666388888889,-60.366666666667

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Molybdenite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: Ba Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Corundum Molybdenite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	1935	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	1935	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	1934,1935	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	1934	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	1935	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	1935	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	1935	5800
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	1934,1935	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	1934	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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