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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celsian ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

53 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			28	131873,131878,131885,131888,131901,131933,131934,131945,131948,131992,132014,132015,132021,132050,132055,132060,132076,132084,132095,132096,132107,132112,132176,132177,132178,132193,132207,132214	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			15	131873,131878,131892,131912,131934,131980,131983,132021,132043,132055,132076,132112,132173,132188,132214	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	132043	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			65	131873,131878,131885,131888,131892,131895,131896,131897,131903,131908,131933,131934,131945,131948,131958,131959,131964,131967,131972,131976,131983,131984,131992,132004,132006,132015,132019,132020,132021,132022,132039,132043,132050,132055,132060,132063,132070,132076,132084,132095,132096,132097,132107,132112,132146,132159,132167,132176,132177,132178,132187,132188,132189,132193,132197,132198,132203,132206,132207,132211,132212,132214,132215,132216,132219	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			6	131913,131919,131920,131921,131931,132057	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			4	131878,132015,132043,132214	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	763	732	19	132125,132126,132128,132129,132130,132132,132133,132134,132135,132136,132137,132138,132140,132141,132142,132143,132145,132148,132149	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			7	131891,131909,131910,131965,132026,132029,132030	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			3	131909,131910,132002	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			4	131919,131920,131921,131931	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			3	132043,132055,132112	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			33	131878,131885,131895,131896,131918,131919,131921,131925,131931,131942,131948,131958,131970,132015,132021,132039,132043,132050,132051,132055,132060,132063,132084,132091,132096,132101,132107,132110,132123,132157,132193,132207,132214	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			10	131878,131929,131941,131942,131943,131947,132007,132021,132056,132217	5171
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	131942	100
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			18	131878,131885,131912,131913,131920,131921,131926,131931,131974,132001,132002,132043,132057,132097,132196,132198,132211,132214	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			5	131878,131885,132015,132043,132214	376
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			14	131874,131878,131885,131912,131915,131924,131942,131970,132005,132015,132043,132110,132123,132214	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	131878	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			5	131878,131942,132043,132122,132214	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			33	131873,131878,131892,131912,131913,131920,131921,131931,131934,131942,131945,131948,131976,131980,132001,132002,132015,132021,132029,132038,132041,132043,132055,132060,132084,132095,132112,132178,132191,132193,132206,132207,132214	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			7	131874,131915,131924,132005,132043,132110,132123	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	155	143	243	131870,131871,131872,131873,131875,131876,131877,131878,131879,131880,131881,131882,131883,131884,131885,131886,131887,131888,131889,131890,131891,131892,131893,131894,131895,131896,131897,131898,131899,131900,131901,131902,131903,131904,131905,131906,131907,131909,131910,131911,131913,131914,131916,131917,131918,131922,131923,131927,131928,131929,131930,131932,131933,131934,131935,131936,131937,131938,131939,131940,131941,131943,131944,131945,131946,131947,131948,131949,131950,131951,131952,131953,131954,131955,131956,131957,131958,131959,131960,131961,131963,131964,131965,131966,131967,131968,131971,131972,131973,131975,131976,131977,131978,131979,131980,131981,131982,131983,131984,131986,131988,131989,131990,131991,131992,131993,131994,131995,131996,131997,131998,131999,132000,132001,132002,132006,132007,132008,132009,132010,132011,132012,132013,132014,132017,132018,132019,132020,132021,132022,132023,132024,132026,132027,132028,132029,132030,132031,132032,132033,132034,132035,132036,132037,132039,132040,132041,132042,132043,132044,132045,132046,132049,132050,132052,132053,132054,132055,132056,132058,132059,132060,132061,132062,132065,132066,132067,132068,132069,132070,132071,132072,132073,132074,132075,132076,132077,132078,132079,132080,132081,132082,132083,132084,132085,132086,132087,132089,132090,132091,132092,132093,132094,132095,132096,132097,132098,132099,132100,132101,132102,132105,132106,132107,132108,132109,132111,132112,132113,132114,132115,132116,132117,132118,132119,132157,132172,132173,132177,132188,132190,132191,132192,132193,132194,132195,132196,132198,132199,132201,132202,132204,132205,132206,132208,132209,132210,132211,132212,132213,132216,132217,132218	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			5	131885,131910,132127,132164,132165	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			24	131881,131888,131891,131915,131924,131953,131976,131978,131979,131989,132005,132019,132022,132026,132029,132030,132043,132050,132055,132084,132110,132112,132123,132184	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	131942	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			17	131878,131881,131884,131891,131908,131965,131967,132019,132020,132022,132043,132065,132082,132096,132097,132116,132204	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	131934	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	131960,132215	2228
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	132215	230
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			29	131870,131878,131884,131891,131907,131908,131928,131965,131967,131978,131979,132006,132019,132020,132022,132026,132029,132030,132043,132054,132065,132082,132090,132097,132116,132204,132209,132211,132214	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			11	131913,131919,131920,131921,131926,131931,132057,132179,132180,132196,132200	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	132199,132212	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	131903	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			8	131878,131885,131910,131924,131942,132015,132043,132214	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	132015	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			89	131874,131878,131885,131888,131894,131897,131908,131910,131912,131913,131920,131921,131924,131926,131931,131933,131934,131942,131948,131958,131959,131960,131962,131963,131967,131974,131976,131978,131979,131980,131983,131989,131992,131999,132004,132006,132015,132019,132020,132021,132022,132026,132028,132039,132043,132048,132050,132055,132060,132063,132065,132074,132076,132084,132091,132095,132096,132097,132107,132110,132112,132116,132122,132123,132146,132159,132167,132171,132177,132178,132181,132182,132187,132188,132189,132192,132193,132196,132197,132198,132199,132203,132207,132211,132212,132214,132215,132216,132219	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			4	131924,131970,132005,132123	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			15	131878,131894,131913,131934,132004,132122,132146,132159,132167,132187,132197,132198,132203,132214,132219	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	763	732	128	131871,131873,131874,131878,131885,131888,131892,131895,131896,131897,131898,131903,131904,131907,131910,131912,131913,131919,131920,131921,131924,131925,131926,131931,131932,131933,131934,131937,131942,131945,131948,131955,131958,131959,131960,131963,131972,131974,131976,131980,131983,131984,131992,131999,132010,132014,132015,132021,132025,132028,132038,132039,132041,132043,132048,132050,132055,132057,132060,132063,132070,132076,132084,132087,132091,132095,132096,132107,132110,132112,132118,132120,132121,132122,132123,132125,132126,132127,132128,132129,132130,132132,132133,132134,132135,132136,132137,132138,132140,132141,132142,132143,132145,132148,132149,132157,132160,132164,132165,132166,132168,132173,132175,132176,132177,132178,132181,132182,132185,132188,132189,132191,132192,132193,132194,132196,132198,132199,132200,132202,132204,132206,132207,132212,132214,132215,132216,132219	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			10	131878,131909,131942,131965,131970,132015,132026,132029,132043,132214	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			65	131877,131879,131881,131884,131885,131889,131891,131892,131901,131903,131907,131911,131925,131928,131935,131936,131943,131948,131976,131978,131979,131984,131989,131992,132010,132013,132014,132019,132020,132021,132022,132026,132029,132030,132041,132053,132054,132055,132056,132060,132064,132070,132075,132078,132080,132082,132084,132095,132097,132103,132111,132116,132131,132139,132144,132147,132150,132156,132166,132177,132186,132189,132204,132206,132207	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			4	131897,132050,132206,132207	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	131878,132043,132214	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			3	132127,132164,132165	1516
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	132015	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			18	131873,131878,131885,131912,131924,131934,131942,132001,132002,132015,132029,132043,132055,132112,132171,132172,132193,132214	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	132215	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			43	131873,131878,131891,131892,131894,131895,131896,131903,131912,131913,131917,131925,131934,131936,131945,131946,131958,131959,131972,131978,131980,131994,132010,132016,132021,132028,132029,132038,132048,132055,132060,132076,132101,132104,132157,132178,132188,132191,132202,132206,132207,132215,132216	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	132015,132028	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	131878	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	131878,132214	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	131885	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			4	131878,131942,132015,132214	5251

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-05836	763	763	763	Rb-Sr		whole rock		201424	Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - NM022; Near Head Of Windy Creek), Nome District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-05837	735	735	735	Rb-Sr	age of metamorphic crystallization	whole rock		201424	Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - NM022; Near Head Of Windy Creek), Nome District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-05830	750	750	75	Rb-Sr		whole rock		201426	Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - NM024; In The Headwaters Of West Fork Grand Central River), Nome District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-05831	735	735	735	Rb-Sr	age of metamorphic crystallization	whole rock		201426	Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - NM024; In The Headwaters Of West Fork Grand Central River), Nome District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-05832	732	732	732	Rb-Sr		whole rock		201426	Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - NM024; In The Headwaters Of West Fork Grand Central River), Nome District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-05833	735	735	735	Rb-Sr	age of metamorphic crystallization	whole rock		201426	Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - NM024; In The Headwaters Of West Fork Grand Central River), Nome District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06608	155	143	149±6	Rb-Sr	age of metamorphic crystallization	whole rock		202344	Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - NM245; Lode In Dexter Creek), Nome District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-06609	155	143	149±6	Rb-Sr	age of metamorphic crystallization	muscovite	Muscovite	202344	Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - NM245; Lode In Dexter Creek), Nome District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

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