Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hauerite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*

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:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	216456,216457,216458	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	216456,216457	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	216456,216457,216458	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	216456	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	216456,216458	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	216456,216457,216458	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	216457,216458	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	216456,216457	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	216456,216457,216458	1398
Hauerite ()*	Pyrite	MnS₂	3	216456,216457,216458	26
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	216456,216457	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	216456	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	216457	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	216456,216457,216458	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	216456,216457,216458	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	216456,216457,216458	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	216456,216458	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	216456,216457	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	2	216456,216457	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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