Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diamond	Hexahydrite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Wavellite

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diamond ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Manganite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg Mn Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diamond Hexahydrite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Starkeyite Wavellite

14 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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	283098	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			12	283147,283148,283149,283150,283151,283152,283153,283154,283155,283156,283157,283158	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	283100	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	283100,283161	27198
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	283119	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			12	283147,283148,283149,283150,283151,283152,283153,283154,283155,283156,283157,283158	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	283100	24243
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	139	139	0		251
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	139	139	0		770
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	139	139	0		61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	283100,283161	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	139	139	0		79
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	139	139	0		299
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	283094	374

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
	USGS-Rb-Sr-02140	139	139	139	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by weathering		whole rock							105141	Quarry (MRDS - 10300713), Tazewell Co., Virginia, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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