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Locality Name:
Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica


mindat Locality ID: 289370
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289370.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Arntally
Union Hill

Latitude: 18°0'59"N
Longitude: 76°35'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.016388888889,-76.599722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteClayCopperEpidoteGarnetNonePentlanditePerovskiteSerpentine
SphaleriteSpinelVesuvianiteWollastonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Awaruite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Copper  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Grossular  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe173802166
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217380227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41738023902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4173802951
Copper  (*)CopperCu1738023846
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3173802504
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31738021544
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2173802205
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4173802359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417380214899
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81738021512
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17380221482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101738021395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31738021247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1738021025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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