Mineral Evolution Database

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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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Khademite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aplowite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*
Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Kalinite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rostite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
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 Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Khademite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Vesuvianite Wollastonite

51 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	134101,134105	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	134109	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	134109	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	105	105	2	134093,134114	1588
Aplowite ()*	Starkeyite	Co(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	134109	6
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	134109,134155	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			4	134099,134106,134140,134146	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	134148	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	105	105	6	134106,134114,134119,134122,134132,134152	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	134109	700
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			1	134109	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	105	105	7	134099,134109,134114,134119,134137,134153,134154	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	134109	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			7	134096,134119,134122,134152,134153,134154,134155	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	105	105	26	134093,134098,134101,134105,134106,134109,134114,134115,134131,134132,134133,134136,134138,134139,134141,134142,134143,134149,134158,134159,134160,134161,134162,134163,134165,134170	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	134106	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	134092	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	134137	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			8	134092,134095,134099,134123,134130,134151,134153,134154	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	134106	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	134123,134154	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	134106,134109	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	105	105	5	134093,134099,134106,134109,134114	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			11	134092,134102,134109,134129,134142,134143,134149,134158,134162,134163,134165	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			31	134091,134092,134093,134094,134095,134097,134100,134102,134103,134104,134107,134109,134113,134115,134117,134120,134121,134128,134134,134137,134142,134143,134148,134158,134160,134161,134162,134163,134170,134172,134173	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	105	105	6	134108,134109,134114,134134,134135,134147	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	134109	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	134109	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	134109	367
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			1	134109	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	105	105	3	134093,134105,134114	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	105	105	6	134093,134105,134106,134109,134114,134136	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			7	134099,134106,134119,134123,134140,134146,134154	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	134098,134115	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	105	105	7	134092,134093,134106,134108,134114,134135,134164	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	105	105	5	134093,134105,134114,134160,134161	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	134106	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	134099,134153	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	105	105	29	134093,134098,134102,134105,134106,134108,134109,134114,134115,134121,134131,134132,134133,134134,134135,134138,134139,134141,134143,134159,134160,134161,134162,134163,134164,134165,134170,134172,134173	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	134101,134106,134115	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	105	105	28	134093,134098,134102,134108,134109,134114,134121,134122,134129,134131,134132,134134,134135,134139,134141,134142,134143,134149,134158,134159,134160,134161,134162,134163,134164,134165,134170,134172	61156
Rostite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O			1	134109	10
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	134109	241
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	134092	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			11	134106,134109,134129,134139,134142,134143,134149,134158,134161,134162,134165	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	134109	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	134109	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	134106,134129	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	134109	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	134109	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			2	134106,134109	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
	PorphCu-00239	105	105	105									Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	199265	Orange Hill Prospect, Chisana District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA	Orange Hill	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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