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. |
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 |
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Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 34 | 27 | 0 | 8803 | |
Allophane (*) | Allophane | Al2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O | 34 | 27 | 0 | 470 | |
Alunite (*) | None | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 966 | |
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 34 | 27 | 0 | 1588 | |
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 5509 | |
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 5516 | |
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 34 | 27 | 0 | 27770 | |
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 34 | 27 | 0 | 5707 | |
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 27198 | |
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 34 | 27 | 0 | 3531 | |
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 34 | 27 | 0 | 3846 | |
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 34 | 27 | 0 | 4165 | |
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 34 | 27 | 0 | 2970 | |
Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 34 | 27 | 0 | 1027 | |
Djurleite (*) | None | Cu31S16 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 300 | |
Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 910 | |
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 34 | 27 | 0 | 8173 | |
Famatinite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu3SbS4 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 163 | |
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 34 | 27 | 0 | 24243 | |
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 34 | 27 | 0 | 30554 | |
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 34 | 27 | 0 | 6890 | |
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 34 | 27 | 0 | 1689 | |
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 5591 | |
Luzonite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu3AsS4 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 198 | |
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 14899 | |
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 12537 | |
Manganite (*) | Rutile | Mn3+O(OH) | 34 | 27 | 0 | 770 | |
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 5674 | |
Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 5800 | |
Montmorillonite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 34 | 27 | 0 | 1508 | |
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 17380 | |
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 39462 | |
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 3106 | |
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 61156 | |
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 34 | 27 | 0 | 2473 | |
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 34 | 27 | 0 | 21482 | |
Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 34 | 27 | 0 | 1101 | |
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 5317 |
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 | |
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PorphCu-00005 | 34 | 27 | 34–27 | Albite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Djurleite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Cu | 2120 | Calabona Mine, Alghero, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy | Calabona | Singer et al. (2008) | USGSOFR2008_1155 |
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