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:
East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 27791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
DSDP 92-597C-4-1C
EPR 12° 50' N
EPR 13° N
EPR 7°S-23°S
EPR 9-10° N
Guaymas Basin
Hess Deep
Juan De Fuca Ridge Complex

Latitude: 5°26'0"N
Longitude: 113°23'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.4333333333333,-113.38722222222

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite
Feldspar	Feroxyhyte	Geocronite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Löllingite	Lipscombite	Marcasite	Matlockite
Mica	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K 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 Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Enargite
Feldspar Feroxyhyte Geocronite Gypsum Kaolinite Ktenasite Löllingite Lipscombite Marcasite Matlockite
Mica Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tridymite Wurtzite

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismoclite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caminite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enargite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Feroxyhyte ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gordaite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Idaite ()*
Isocubanite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jonassonite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Joséite-A ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Maldonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*
Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Safflorite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*
Stevensite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vernadite ()*
Villamanínite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	95205	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	95197	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	95220	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	10	95200,95201,95202,95203,95204,95208,95211,95212,95214,95220	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	95195	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95204	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	95214,95220	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	95196,95213	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	95195	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	95196,95201,95204,95211,95212,95213,95214,95220	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	95207	178
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	95220	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	1	95220	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	95220	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	95220	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	95196,95203,95212	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	95220	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	95196,95197,95204	27770
Caminite ()*	Lipscombite	Mg₇(SO₄)₅(OH)₄·H₂O	1	95212	3
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	95196,95203,95212	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	13	95196,95197,95201,95202,95203,95204,95207,95211,95212,95213,95214,95216,95220	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	95220	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	95194,95198	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	7	95196,95197,95203,95212,95213,95214,95220	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	4	95200,95202,95203,95212	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3	95196,95203,95212	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	95205	4135
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	95220	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	95195,95205	944
Feroxyhyte ()*	Feroxyhyte	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	95207	19
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	95207	86
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	95195,95205	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	95201,95204,95207,95212,95213,95214,95220	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	95220	133
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	95220	131
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5	95196,95197,95200,95207,95220	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	95220	30554
Gordaite ()*	Ktenasite	NaZn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	1	95206	17
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	95196	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	95212,95214,95220	6890
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	95220	104
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	95195	407
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	95196	142
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	6	95204,95212,95213,95214,95216,95220	191
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	95205	154
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	95212,95213	2228
Jonassonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au(Bi,Pb)₅S₄	1	95220	19
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	2	95207,95220	105
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	1	95220	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	95197	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	95220	762
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	95220	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	95196,95197	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	95220	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	10	95196,95197,95200,95201,95204,95211,95212,95213,95214,95220	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95197	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	95205	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	95196	2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	95205	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	95205	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14	95196,95197,95200,95201,95202,95203,95211,95212,95213,95214,95216,95217,95218,95220	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	7	95196,95200,95204,95212,95214,95216,95220	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	95197,95211	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	95220	317
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	95198	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	13	95197,95200,95201,95202,95203,95204,95207,95211,95212,95213,95214,95218,95220	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	95205	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	95220	668
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95220	57
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	4	95196,95207,95212,95220	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	95212,95220	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	95207,95220	5317
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	95207	65
Villamanínite ()*	Pyrite	CuS₂	1	95212	10
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	8	95196,95197,95201,95207,95211,95212,95213,95220	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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