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Locality Name:
Woodlark Basin, Pacific Ocean


mindat Locality ID: 310322
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310322.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woodlark Basin, Pacific Ocean": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Franklin Seamount

Latitude: 9°54'29"S
Longitude: 151°49'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.9080555555556,151.82972222222
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: Ag Al Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteClayCopperCorundumNolaniteNonePyriteSmectite-vermiculiteTetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)19526611547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O195266178
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)219526686
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12195266663
Gold  (*)CopperAu19526630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319526614640
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2195266300
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O195266471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1952662994
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31952661425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219526639462


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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