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Locality Name:
Ashadze 1, Ashadze Hydrothermal Area, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean


mindat Locality ID: 310388
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310388.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ashadze 1, Ashadze Hydrothermal Area, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°58'20"N
Longitude: 44°51'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.972222222222,-44.861944444444
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 As Au Co Cu Fe Ni Pb S Sb Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Co Cu Fe Ni Pb S Sb Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCovelliteCubaniteDigeniteMarcasiteMeloniteMilleriteNickeline
NonePentlanditePerovskitePyriteRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geerite  (*)Gold  (*)Greigite  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Millerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Roxbyite  (*)Rudashevskyite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spionkopite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S40154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S8082
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S5038
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4062
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S30191
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe20207
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5027
Rudashevskyite  (*)Sphalerite(Fe,Zn)S03
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28073
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8070


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