Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 47438
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47438.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Starks Dome
Sulphur

Latitude: 30°15'18"N
Longitude: 93°31'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.255,-93.519444444444

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Sulphur

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: C Ca Cl F H Mg Na O S Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sulphur

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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)	2	216420,216422	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	216420,216422	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	216420,216422	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	216422	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	216422	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	216422	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	216420,216422	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	216420,216422	1398
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	216420,216422	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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