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Locality Name:
Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 46395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Avery Island (Petite Anse)
Jefferson Island (Lake Peigneur Sulphur Mine; Cote Caroline)
Weeks Island (Grand Cote)

Latitude: 29°53'50"N
Longitude: 91°53'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.897222222222,-91.899166666667

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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSulphur

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hauerite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)3216456,216457,2164581588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2216456,21645711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3216456,216457,21645827770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12164561252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22216456,21645827198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23216456,216457,2164589895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2216457,2164587437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2216456,2164576890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl3216456,216457,2164581398
Hauerite  (*)PyriteMnS23216456,216457,21645826
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32216456,21645714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312164565433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412164575591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23216456,216457,2164585674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23216456,216457,21645839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23216456,216457,21645861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2216456,2164586417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2216456,2164572045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl2216456,216457275



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