Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 46453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Garden Island Bay Dome
Grand Ecaile Dome (Lake Washington; Cockrell)
Lake Hermitage Dome
Potash Dome
Venice Salt Dome

Latitude: 29°21'4"N
Longitude: 89°35'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.351111111111,-89.585555555556

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	Boracite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boracite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chambersite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ericaite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hauerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Boracite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

21 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)	5	216484,216485,216486,216487,216488	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	216485	11547
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	3	216486,216487,216488	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	216484,216485,216486,216487	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	216485	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	216487	27198
Chambersite ()*	Boracite	Mn₃B₇O₁₃Cl	2	216486,216488	11
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	216484,216487,216488	9895
Ericaite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	216488	7
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	216484,216487	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	216484,216485,216486	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	216485,216486,216488	1398
Hauerite ()*	Pyrite	MnS₂	2	216484,216486	26
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	216487	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	216487	5591
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	216486	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	216487,216488	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	216487	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	216486	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	216484,216485,216486	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	2	216485,216488	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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