Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Pahrump Hills, Lower Mt. Sharp, Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp), Gale Crater, Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars

mindat Locality ID: 264154
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264154.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pahrump Hills, Lower Mt. Sharp, Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp), Gale Crater, Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Murray Formation

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Corundum	Cristobalite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	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: Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Corundum Cristobalite None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	80311	2060
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	80311	453
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	80311	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	80311	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	80311	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	80311	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	80311	14899
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	80311	303
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	80311	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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