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:
Soufriere, Saint Lucia

mindat Locality ID: 288700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Soufriere, Saint Lucia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sulphur Springs

Latitude: 13°50'21"N
Longitude: 61°2'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.839166666667,-61.046666666667

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	Amorphous	Analcime	Clay	Coquimbite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sulphur

Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Analcime Clay Coquimbite Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sulphur

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	104538	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	104538	1627
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	104538	136
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	104538	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	104538	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	104538	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	104538	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	104538	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	104538	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	104538	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	104538	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	104538	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	104538	128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	104538	254
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	104538	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	104538	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	104538	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	104538	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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