Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Futunu Trough, Vanuatu

mindat Locality ID: 302767
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302767.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Futunu Trough, Vanuatu": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nifonea Hydrothermal Field

Latitude: 18°7'44"S
Longitude: 169°31'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.128888888889,169.5175

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Diaspore	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Covellite Diaspore Marcasite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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	294575	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	294575	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	294575	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	0		178
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	294575	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	294575	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	294575	39462
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	294575	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	294575	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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