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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Topaz ()*	Wodginite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Ta Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Arsenopyrite Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Topaz Wollastonite

48 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	131188	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	131082,131169,131270	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			41	131078,131081,131082,131085,131089,131091,131094,131097,131100,131112,131116,131119,131126,131150,131152,131157,131158,131161,131163,131165,131166,131167,131169,131171,131175,131179,131180,131185,131188,131191,131197,131200,131210,131211,131283,131297,131314,131315,131316,131317,131322	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			19	131077,131110,131201,131223,131227,131229,131230,131231,131232,131233,131235,131236,131251,131261,131264,131271,131306,131339,131356	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	131311	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			26	131104,131110,131131,131133,131135,131145,131147,131151,131179,131201,131202,131223,131226,131227,131228,131258,131261,131265,131269,131285,131286,131306,131308,131339,131355,131356	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			22	131081,131082,131091,131110,131126,131131,131145,131154,131181,131188,131197,131201,131210,131223,131261,131267,131297,131308,131310,131320,131347,131355	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			6	131100,131126,131132,131188,131314,131321	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			27	131104,131110,131131,131145,131154,131179,131226,131227,131228,131237,131250,131251,131252,131253,131256,131257,131258,131260,131261,131262,131265,131269,131306,131326,131327,131328,131355	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			95	131077,131078,131082,131089,131091,131093,131094,131097,131098,131100,131101,131104,131110,131112,131116,131119,131123,131124,131126,131128,131132,131133,131135,131138,131140,131144,131145,131147,131148,131151,131152,131154,131157,131158,131166,131167,131169,131171,131175,131179,131180,131188,131191,131197,131198,131200,131201,131202,131204,131205,131210,131211,131217,131220,131221,131222,131223,131224,131226,131229,131230,131231,131232,131233,131234,131235,131236,131241,131259,131264,131267,131269,131277,131285,131301,131302,131306,131308,131313,131315,131316,131317,131318,131319,131321,131323,131331,131333,131338,131339,131344,131347,131352,131355,131356	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			5	131215,131216,131313,131318,131323	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	131251,131261	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			8	131110,131145,131161,131226,131250,131251,131306,131356	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			8	131131,131151,131188,131260,131285,131306,131308,131355	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	131151	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	131128	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			44	131097,131098,131104,131118,131131,131135,131145,131147,131151,131201,131202,131211,131226,131227,131229,131230,131231,131232,131233,131235,131236,131237,131250,131252,131253,131257,131258,131260,131261,131262,131263,131264,131265,131269,131285,131289,131296,131306,131308,131310,131326,131327,131328,131355	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			4	131100,131211,131289,131333	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			27	131075,131082,131104,131116,131126,131138,131140,131152,131158,131159,131161,131163,131165,131169,131173,131175,131179,131188,131191,131199,131200,131249,131308,131315,131321,131339,131354	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	419	359	103	131075,131079,131080,131081,131083,131084,131086,131087,131090,131092,131095,131096,131099,131103,131105,131106,131108,131109,131111,131113,131114,131115,131120,131121,131122,131125,131127,131130,131134,131136,131137,131139,131141,131142,131143,131149,131153,131155,131156,131160,131161,131162,131163,131165,131168,131169,131170,131174,131176,131177,131178,131181,131182,131184,131186,131187,131189,131190,131192,131193,131194,131195,131196,131203,131206,131207,131208,131209,131210,131212,131213,131218,131225,131238,131239,131240,131241,131242,131245,131266,131275,131304,131305,131311,131312,131314,131320,131325,131334,131336,131340,131341,131342,131343,131345,131346,131348,131349,131350,131351,131353,131354,131356	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	131128,131284	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			3	131161,131342,131343	804
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe			1	131086	128
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄			1	131242	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			14	131086,131121,131153,131161,131171,131195,131201,131223,131264,131336,131342,131343,131344,131346	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			57	131077,131097,131098,131104,131110,131131,131145,131147,131148,131151,131154,131173,131201,131202,131217,131222,131223,131226,131227,131229,131230,131231,131232,131233,131234,131235,131236,131243,131249,131250,131251,131252,131253,131256,131257,131258,131259,131260,131261,131262,131264,131265,131270,131271,131283,131289,131292,131295,131297,131326,131327,131328,131335,131339,131344,131355,131356	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	131082,131085	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	131086	397
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	131175	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			14	131097,131101,131123,131124,131132,131148,131179,131211,131245,131259,131301,131324,131333,131356	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			14	131075,131078,131082,131100,131124,131126,131157,131163,131175,131243,131246,131259,131314,131322	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	131161	511
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	131323	1512
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			2	131140,131175	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			97	131075,131078,131081,131085,131089,131090,131091,131093,131094,131097,131098,131100,131101,131104,131110,131116,131118,131124,131126,131128,131132,131133,131140,131144,131145,131146,131152,131157,131158,131161,131163,131169,131171,131173,131175,131179,131180,131181,131188,131191,131197,131199,131200,131204,131205,131210,131214,131215,131217,131220,131221,131222,131223,131224,131234,131241,131242,131243,131245,131246,131247,131248,131249,131254,131259,131263,131267,131268,131272,131273,131274,131277,131279,131280,131281,131282,131283,131284,131286,131296,131297,131299,131303,131310,131313,131316,131317,131320,131322,131333,131335,131338,131339,131342,131343,131347,131354	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			24	131078,131081,131100,131101,131133,131144,131161,131163,131169,131188,131191,131197,131200,131210,131241,131260,131284,131286,131297,131316,131317,131319,131323,131335	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	419	359	137	131075,131076,131078,131081,131082,131085,131089,131090,131091,131093,131097,131098,131100,131101,131104,131110,131111,131112,131116,131118,131119,131123,131124,131126,131128,131131,131132,131135,131138,131140,131144,131145,131146,131147,131150,131151,131152,131154,131157,131158,131159,131161,131163,131165,131166,131167,131169,131171,131172,131173,131175,131179,131180,131181,131185,131188,131191,131197,131198,131199,131200,131201,131202,131204,131210,131211,131214,131223,131226,131227,131228,131229,131230,131234,131236,131241,131243,131245,131249,131250,131251,131252,131253,131255,131256,131257,131258,131259,131260,131261,131262,131263,131264,131265,131267,131269,131270,131271,131277,131280,131282,131283,131284,131285,131289,131292,131293,131295,131297,131306,131308,131309,131310,131314,131315,131316,131317,131320,131321,131322,131324,131326,131327,131328,131329,131331,131332,131333,131335,131338,131339,131342,131343,131352,131354,131355,131356	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	131161	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	131128	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			10	131097,131098,131104,131153,131173,131245,131307,131308,131344,131356	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			12	131128,131227,131229,131230,131231,131232,131233,131235,131236,131254,131306,131339	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			35	131075,131082,131089,131100,131104,131110,131112,131116,131126,131132,131138,131145,131152,131158,131159,131163,131169,131179,131180,131188,131191,131198,131199,131200,131211,131244,131246,131249,131308,131315,131319,131321,131333,131338,131339	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			13	131089,131112,131145,131169,131173,131180,131181,131185,131197,131315,131316,131317,131320	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			4	131097,131175,131188,131308	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			9	131082,131091,131097,131126,131152,131188,131202,131308,131355	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	131100	1476
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈			1	131314	78
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	131356	1247

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
	vms-00988	419	359	Devonian											197273	Dry Creek Cut Mine, Valdez Creek District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA	Dry Creek North	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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