Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Southern Gorda Ridge, Juan De Fuca Ridge Complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 249885
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249885.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Gorda Ridge, Juan De Fuca Ridge Complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Escanaba Trough

Latitude: 40°56'56"N
Longitude: 127°29'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.948888888889,-127.49083333333

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Covellite	Cubanite
Diaspore	Enargite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Löllingite	Marcasite	Matlockite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Jonassonite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Joséite-A ()*	Löllingite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stevensite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

40 IMA Minerals at location:

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)	1	95220	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	95220	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	95220	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	95220	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	1	95220	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	95220	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	95220	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	95220	843
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	95220	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	95220	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	95220	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	95220	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	95220	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	95220	133
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	95220	131
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	95220	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	95220	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	95220	6890
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	95220	104
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	95220	191
Jonassonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au(Bi,Pb)₅S₄	1	95220	19
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1	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	1	95220	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	95220	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	95220	9056
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	95220	317
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	95220	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	95220	668
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95220	57
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	95220	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95220	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	95220	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	95220	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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