Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Venice Salt Dome, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Venice Salt Dome, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°14'12"N
Longitude: 89°24'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.236666666667,-89.409444444444

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.

Boracite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: B C Ca Cl Fe K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B C Ca Cl Fe K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Boracite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Boracite ()*	Chambersite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ericaite ()*
Halite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sylvite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	57
Chambersite ()*	Boracite	Mn₃B₇O₁₃Cl	11
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Ericaite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	7
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060425	Venice Salt Dome, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA	https://rruff.info/R060425

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