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.

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epsomite	Fluorite	Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Meneghinite
Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Cu Fe S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Columbite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epsomite Fluorite Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Meneghinite
Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Covellite ()*	Empressite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fizélyite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Fülöppite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Mercury ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Petzite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rickardite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Roscoelite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schröckingerite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurantimony ()*
Tellurite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			2	184594,184620	315
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			10	184594,184595,184628,184677,184696,184701,184703,184704,184705,184714	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	184599,184652,184653	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	60	49	0		363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	184575,184627,184638	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	184758	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	60	49	0		1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	184610,184628	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	184704	843
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			7	184594,184595,184628,184652,184653,184701,184714	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	184628,184761	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	184610	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			11	184594,184595,184599,184610,184620,184627,184628,184652,184689,184701,184714	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	184701	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	184589,184627	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	184627	966
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe			7	184571,184629,184652,184664,184677,184703,184705	169
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	184626,184628	4165
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe			3	184594,184701,184703	43
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			3	184638,184668,184686	551
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈			3	184628,184704,184715	54
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	184677	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	184668	663
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅			1	184753	55
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			17	184571,184585,184594,184595,184599,184608,184626,184630,184652,184653,184668,184677,184701,184703,184704,184714,184761	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	60	50	71	184570,184571,184577,184579,184582,184584,184585,184586,184589,184590,184591,184592,184593,184594,184595,184598,184599,184602,184603,184606,184609,184612,184618,184624,184626,184628,184629,184630,184631,184632,184633,184638,184641,184648,184649,184652,184653,184659,184664,184665,184667,184668,184676,184677,184678,184681,184682,184683,184695,184696,184701,184703,184704,184707,184714,184715,184721,184722,184724,184732,184733,184734,184735,184736,184737,184739,184746,184748,184751,184757,184761	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	184713	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	184627,184696	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			11	184594,184620,184626,184629,184641,184652,184653,184688,184701,184703,184714	804
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	184745	469
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI			1	184701	180
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	184696	784
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈			2	184677,184705	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	184689	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	184627	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			8	184575,184629,184638,184653,184668,184688,184704,184761	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂			10	184626,184628,184632,184652,184653,184677,184688,184705,184714,184722	207
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			3	184627,184664,184696	397
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	184627	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	184713	5800
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	184627	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			6	184626,184638,184652,184653,184696,184758	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃			6	184626,184628,184629,184652,184653,184704	67
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	184627	633
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	184627,184689	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			14	184571,184594,184595,184620,184626,184628,184629,184652,184653,184688,184696,184701,184703,184714	409
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄			1	184627	131
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			3	184596,184641,184652	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			25	184571,184575,184582,184585,184594,184595,184599,184607,184620,184626,184627,184628,184629,184638,184639,184641,184652,184653,184668,184677,184688,184696,184701,184714,184761	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	184627,184689	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			23	184575,184582,184585,184594,184595,184599,184626,184627,184628,184638,184652,184653,184664,184668,184677,184688,184696,184701,184704,184705,184714,184758,184761	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	184652	1711
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂			1	184595	52
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	184703	375
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	184668,184714	253
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			3	184596,184626,184686	4894
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O			1	184585	128
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	184701	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			14	184571,184594,184606,184612,184617,184632,184665,184667,184678,184695,184724,184738,184739,184757	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			15	184571,184585,184595,184599,184626,184627,184652,184653,184668,184696,184701,184703,184704,184714,184761	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	184753	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			2	184637,184640	332
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)			3	184626,184701,184703	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			17	184571,184585,184594,184595,184626,184632,184638,184639,184652,184653,184664,184668,184677,184696,184701,184705,184714	337
Tellurantimony ()*	Tetradymite	Sb₂Te₃			3	184624,184628,184704	29
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂			1	184626	52
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			7	184594,184628,184652,184677,184701,184703,184705	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	60	49	0		1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			3	184594,184620,184701	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			4	184599,184652,184696,184714	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	184634	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			5	184582,184585,184634,184706,184713	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	184627	380

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-32752	60	50	55±5					32752						110540	Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10017618), Gold Hill District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-32740	59	49	54±5					32740						110618	White Rock, Gold Hill District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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