Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Southern Lau Basin, Tonga

mindat Locality ID: 288790
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288790.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Lau Basin, Tonga": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
ABE Vent Field
Hine Hina
Kilo Moana Vent Field
Mariner Vent Field
Valu Fa Ridge

Latitude: 21°34'22"S
Longitude: 35°7'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.572777777778,-35.124722222222

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.

Atacamite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Fluorite	Garnet	Ktenasite
Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stannoidite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kësterite ()*
Lautite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molysite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Periclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rudashevskyite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Todorokite ()*
Troilite ()*	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: Al As Ba Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Fluorite Garnet Ktenasite
Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stannite Stannoidite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

32 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	116127	966
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	116124,116127	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	116124,116127	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	116127	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	116124,116125	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	116123,116124	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	116124,116126,116127	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	116124,116127	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	116127	453
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	116126	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	116127	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	116123	1544
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	116123	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	116123,116127	14640
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	1	116125	82
Lautite ()*	None	CuAsS	2	116123,116125	32
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	116127	5674
Molysite ()*	None	FeCl₃	1	116126	12
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	116127	471
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	116126	114
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	116123,116124,116125,116126,116127	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	116127	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	116123	61156
Rudashevskyite ()*	Sphalerite	(Fe,Zn)S	1	116125	3
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	116123	142
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	116123,116126,116127	21482
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1	116125	80
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	116123,116126,116127	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	116127	1803
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	116127	433
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	116126	1044
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	2	116123,116125	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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