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.

Alunite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hidalgoite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kermesite ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mercury ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Topaz ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O P 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 Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Topaz Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	135243,135348,135379	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	135247	3092
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	135244	53
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	19	135244,135246,135247,135250,135254,135255,135256,135257,135261,135265,135270,135276,135277,135280,135362,135365,135366,135368,135379	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	135262	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2	135248,135277	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	135265,135295,135333,135371	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	9	135243,135244,135251,135258,135259,135262,135265,135270,135346	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	135247,135248,135253,135256,135277,135281,135305,135363,135364,135373	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	18	135244,135251,135252,135257,135259,135260,135262,135264,135265,135266,135268,135270,135271,135293,135375,135376,135377,135379	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	29	135244,135247,135251,135252,135256,135257,135258,135259,135260,135261,135262,135264,135265,135266,135267,135268,135270,135271,135272,135273,135274,135285,135327,135328,135373,135375,135376,135377,135380	2600
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	135254	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	135246,135247,135256,135276,135373	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	135340	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	135265	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	135259,135270,135275	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	135248,135253,135277	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	135248,135253,135255,135275,135277,135280,135363	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	135306,135354,135372	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	34	135244,135246,135247,135249,135250,135251,135252,135256,135257,135258,135259,135262,135263,135264,135265,135266,135267,135268,135269,135270,135271,135272,135273,135275,135285,135336,135349,135365,135369,135373,135375,135376,135377,135379	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	135292,135322,135324,135345,135351,135353,135372	14640
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	1	135379	57
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	14	135244,135251,135257,135258,135259,135260,135264,135270,135271,135273,135275,135375,135376,135379	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	135253	784
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	2	135254,135378	230
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	3	135262,135266,135379	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	13	135244,135251,135252,135259,135260,135267,135268,135270,135273,135275,135375,135376,135377	14899
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	135252	397
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	135247	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	135253,135276,135277,135341,135356,135358,135360,135361,135362,135364	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	135252,135266	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	135247,135248,135253,135255,135258,135262,135276,135277,135280,135306,135308,135313,135315,135321,135339,135364,135366,135368,135374,135378	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	135310,135335	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	135305,135344	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	73	135243,135246,135247,135248,135250,135253,135254,135255,135256,135260,135261,135263,135265,135276,135277,135279,135280,135281,135283,135284,135286,135287,135288,135292,135296,135297,135300,135301,135303,135304,135308,135310,135311,135312,135315,135317,135318,135320,135321,135326,135327,135328,135329,135330,135331,135332,135333,135334,135338,135340,135341,135342,135347,135348,135353,135354,135355,135358,135362,135363,135364,135365,135366,135367,135368,135370,135371,135372,135373,135374,135378,135379,135380	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	135259,135265	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	135244,135247	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	17	135244,135246,135251,135252,135255,135256,135257,135259,135265,135266,135268,135270,135272,135285,135328,135379,135380	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	135276,135366	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	135252,135268	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	135248,135256,135363	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	135378	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	17	135247,135250,135254,135256,135258,135262,135270,135271,135276,135331,135365,135371,135372,135373,135378,135379,135380	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	2	135248,135277	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	135246,135252,135253,135268	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	135253	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	13	135244,135258,135259,135260,135262,135264,135265,135268,135270,135271,135373,135375,135376	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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