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Locality Name:
Snake Pit Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean


mindat Locality ID: 55673
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55673.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Snake Pit Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beehive
Fir Tree Chimney
Moose Mound
Nail Chimney

Latitude: 23°21'59"N
Longitude: 44°56'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.366388888889,-44.944444444444
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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAtacamiteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiaspore
FeroxyhyteLepidocrociteMarcasiteNickelineNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSulphurTalc

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Feroxyhyte  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Isocubanite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Vernadite  (*)
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)139101588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)313911544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS223911,391227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Feroxyhyte  (*)FeroxyhyteFe3+O(OH)1391319
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)223911,391386
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)33910,3911,39137437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S30191
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)13910581
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O23911,3913471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS233910,3911,391239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8139109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS23910,391121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O1391365


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