Mineral Evolution Database

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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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Iron
Kaolinite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Iron
Kaolinite Ludwigite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Litharge ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Platinum ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Semseyite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	5	227766,227789,227838,227871,227913	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	227766,227849,227859	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	227721	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	227875	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	227921	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	227766	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	227766,227778,227814,227830,227913	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	227731,227780,227855	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	227721	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	227741,227766,227867	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	15	227723,227726,227755,227764,227766,227775,227778,227789,227814,227828,227849,227850,227890,227911,227916	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	227735	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	227746,227766,227890	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	227741,227746,227766,227773,227781,227782,227785,227789,227796,227814,227867,227890	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	227871	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	227766,227789,227838,227906	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	227859	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	227766,227895,227911	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	227875	1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	227766	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	227849,227851	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	10	227725,227726,227766,227806,227808,227809,227820,227900,227914,227917	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	227766,227849	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	227921	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	227723,227727,227855	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	17	227726,227735,227755,227757,227766,227780,227807,227814,227821,227837,227838,227846,227863,227864,227895,227906,227913	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	227850	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	32	227719,227722,227739,227745,227752,227753,227761,227766,227767,227768,227769,227771,227772,227773,227775,227778,227781,227782,227783,227785,227788,227789,227790,227793,227796,227834,227838,227841,227851,227875,227877,227904	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	227766	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	227766,227781,227789,227790,227849,227850,227863	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	227803	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	227826,227828	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	227850	1507
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	1	227855	139
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	227784	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10	227721,227764,227766,227773,227781,227782,227784,227789,227849,227851	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	15	227735,227766,227778,227785,227789,227796,227807,227814,227830,227831,227838,227843,227864,227906,227913	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	227766	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	227721,227833	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	227720,227746	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	227828	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	227796	485
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	227871	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	227871	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	227739,227741,227766,227767,227773,227775,227778,227781,227782,227785,227789,227790,227796,227814,227854,227863,227864,227867,227871	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	227835,227906	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	7	227764,227766,227773,227781,227782,227789,227796	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	50	227717,227721,227723,227726,227735,227738,227739,227756,227757,227759,227766,227767,227773,227775,227778,227781,227782,227785,227789,227790,227793,227796,227814,227821,227826,227828,227830,227831,227837,227838,227843,227846,227847,227850,227852,227854,227859,227860,227862,227863,227864,227867,227871,227890,227902,227903,227906,227911,227913,227931	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	17	227717,227725,227726,227806,227814,227847,227850,227853,227859,227860,227862,227865,227898,227902,227903,227909,227916	4894
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	227855	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	227764,227766	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	227720,227796	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	227726,227766,227814,227821,227871	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	227871	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	227837	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	227789,227863	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	227766	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	13	227725,227726,227735,227778,227780,227814,227821,227837,227838,227846,227863,227906,227913	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	227850	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	227803	1044
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	227723	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	227766	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070577	Jetty Mine (Balkan Lode), Olson Gulch Mining District, Deer Lodge Co., Montana, USA	https://rruff.info/R070577

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