Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Staurolite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brockite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Thorite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P S Si Th Ti Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Staurolite Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	99	90	0		2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	99	90	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	99	90	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	99	90	4	209809,209829,209833,209842	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	99	90	0		5516
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O	99	90	0		48
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	99	90	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	99	90	2	209812,209833	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	99	90	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	99	90	1	209809	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	99	90	2	209832,209840	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	99	90	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	99	90	0		2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	99	90	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	99	90	0		9895
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	99	90	1	209806	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	99	90	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	99	90	3	209809,209816,209831	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	99	90	8	209805,209809,209810,209812,209820,209829,209831,209842	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	99	90	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	99	90	6	209810,209812,209820,209831,209833,209842	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	99	90	0		2228
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	99	90	0		581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	99	90	8	209805,209809,209810,209812,209820,209831,209833,209842	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	99	90	0		12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	99	90	6	209805,209806,209809,209810,209820,209842	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	99	90	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	99	90	2	209805,209829	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	99	90	5	209805,209809,209812,209833,209842	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	99	90	1	209806	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	99	90	2	209806,209829	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	99	90	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	99	90	10	209805,209806,209809,209810,209812,209820,209829,209831,209833,209842	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	99	90	9	209805,209806,209809,209810,209812,209820,209829,209833,209842	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	99	90	0		21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	99	90	1	209829	978
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	99	90	0		55
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	99	90	11	209805,209806,209809,209810,209812,209820,209829,209831,209833,209835,209842	1006
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	99	90	1	209806	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	99	90	1	209809	939

1 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
	ree-00692	99	90	90-99 Ma (Pb-alpha, mon) -- Precambrian	Pb-alpha			monazite							39593	Lemhi Pass District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA	Lemhi Pass	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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