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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	132393,132400	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	132396	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	132392,132406	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	132392,132394,132395,132396,132399,132401,132402	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	132395,132401,132402,132403,132406,132407	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	132392,132393,132394,132396,132397,132400	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	132394,132401,132402,132405	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	132392,132394,132395,132399,132401,132402,132403,132405,132406,132407	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	132396	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	132395,132402,132403,132406,132407	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	132402,132403,132407	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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