Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
U.S. Virgin Islands, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37442
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37442.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "U.S. Virgin Islands, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
St Croix
St Thomas
St. John

Latitude: 18°8'28"N
Longitude: 64°49'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.141111111111,-64.819166666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Beryl
Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Turquoise	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H I K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Beryl
Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Mica Minium None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Titanite Turquoise Vesuvianite Wollastonite
Wurtzite

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cotunnite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lead ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Litharge ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Minium ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Phosgenite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Romarchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sylvite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tin ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wairakite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	271136,271141,271142	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	271150	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	271141	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	271136,271142	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	271147	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	0		716
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	0		227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	271134,271136,271141,271142,271143,271145,271146,271147,271148	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	271133,271142	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	271133	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	271133	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	271134,271146	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	271133	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	271149	1008
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	1	271133	54
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	271133	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	7	271136,271141,271142,271143,271147,271148,271149	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	10	271134,271135,271136,271139,271141,271142,271143,271145,271146,271147	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	271137	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		201
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	2	271138,271147	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	271133	192
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	0		581
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	0		139
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	271142	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	271142,271147	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	271138	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	0		247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	271141	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	271147	2349
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	271150	158
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	271149	2273
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	0		142
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		477
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	271134,271136,271141,271142,271146	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	271141,271147	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	271134,271135,271137,271139,271141,271146,271147,271149,271150	61156
Romarchite ()*	None	SnO	2	271133,271142	13
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	271133	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	271136	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0		275
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	0		190
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	271133	1101
Tin ()*	None	Sn	2	271133,271142	63
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	271147,271148,271149	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	271145	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	271150	484
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	271143	1395
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	2	271134,271141	73
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	3	271143,271148,271149	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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