Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Cubanite	Epidote	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Violarite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Sr Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Cubanite Epidote Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Palygorskite Pentlandite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

32 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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	130099	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			4	130118,130119,130123,130132	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	65.5	2.6	4	130117,130119,130135,130138	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	130123,130128,130132	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	130099,130130	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	130100,130118,130119	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	130132	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65.5	2.6	15	130099,130100,130117,130118,130119,130120,130121,130125,130128,130129,130132,130135,130136,130137,130138	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	130099	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	130101	3531
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	130099	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	65.5	2.6	2	130117,130137	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	130119	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	65.5	2.6	2	130117,130132	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	130099,130129,130134	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			1	130099	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	130099,130129	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	130101,130118	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65.5	2.6	1	130117	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65.5	2.6	1	130117	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	130099	633
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	65.5	2.6	0		306
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	130099	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65.5	2.6	19	130099,130117,130118,130119,130120,130122,130123,130124,130125,130126,130128,130129,130131,130132,130135,130136,130137,130138,130139	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	65.5	2.6	6	130117,130129,130133,130135,130137,130139	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65.5	2.6	9	130101,130117,130118,130119,130120,130123,130128,130138,130139	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	65.5	2.6	2	130117,130120	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	130132	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65.5	2.6	4	130117,130119,130132,130138	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	130132	589
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	130099	380
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)			1	130132	251

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
	PorphCu-00237	65.5	2.6	Tertiary									Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	198741	Margerie Glacier Prospect (Margarie Glacier Prospect; Porcupine Prospect), Glacier Bay District, Juneau District, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA	Margerie Glacier	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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