Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jamaica

mindat Locality ID: 27567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jamaica": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Clarendon Parish
Hanover Parish
Kingston Parish
Manchester Parish
Portland Parish
Saint Andrew Parish
Saint Ann Parish
Saint Catherine Parish
Saint Elizabeth Parish
Saint James Parish
Saint Mary Parish
Saint Thomas Parish
Trelawny Parish
Westmoreland Parish

Latitude: 22°53'53"N
Longitude: 76°55'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.898055555556,-76.9225

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

Abhurite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*
Böhmite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroromarchite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Romarchite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Woodruffite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H Mn O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Abhurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Sn²⁺₂₁O₆(OH)₁₄Cl₁₆	0	0	1	73790	7
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	73793	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	73793	8803
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe			1	73802	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	73782	5509
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)			3	73791,73796,73798	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			4	73782,73783,73784,73787	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	73791,73798	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	73782,73787	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	73782,73783,73802	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	73793	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	73802	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	73782	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	73802	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	73802	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	73782	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	73793	8173
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			4	73791,73796,73798,73802	504
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	73793	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	73793	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	73802	1544
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			0		350
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			1	73802	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			0		14640
Hydroromarchite ()*	None	Sn²⁺₃O₂(OH)₂			1	73790	6
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	73791,73796,73798	5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	73802	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	73802	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	73782	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			0		770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			0		5674
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			0		64
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	73802	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	73791,73793,73796,73798	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	73793	375
Romarchite ()*	None	SnO			1	73790	13
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	73802	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	73793	456
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	73802	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	73802	1247
Woodruffite ()*	None	Zn₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀·4H₂O			0		25
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	73802	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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