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.

Apophyllite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Gyrolite	Mica
Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Thomsonite

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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: Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Gyrolite Mica
Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Thomsonite

21 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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	261027,261048	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	1.8	7	260970,260992,261027,261031,261061,261068,261080	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	1.8	15	261027,261028,261029,261031,261034,261036,261037,261040,261044,261047,261048,261050,261059,261061,261068	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	261048	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	65	1.8	1	261068	8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O			1	261080	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	1.8	14	261027,261028,261029,261031,261034,261036,261037,261044,261047,261048,261050,261059,261061,261068	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	260977,261033,261045,261046	30554
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O			1	261080	142
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	24	14	2	260992,261033	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	261033	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			2	260983,261080	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	261033	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	24	14	3	260992,261024,261072	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	24	14	1	260992	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65	1.8	3	261052,261061,261068	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	1.8	26	260967,260970,260976,261025,261027,261028,261029,261031,261032,261034,261035,261036,261037,261038,261040,261042,261044,261047,261050,261051,261052,261053,261058,261059,261061,261068	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65	1.8	23	260967,260970,260976,260985,260992,260999,261005,261027,261029,261031,261036,261040,261042,261044,261045,261047,261050,261051,261052,261053,261058,261061,261068	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O			1	261080	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65	1.8	14	261027,261028,261029,261031,261034,261036,261044,261047,261049,261050,261058,261059,261061,261068	21482
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	261080	452

24 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-13273	24	20	22±2	13273	288177	Dollar, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-13277	24	20	22±2	13277	288177	Dollar, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-60121	19	14	16+3/-2	60121	288177	Dollar, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-12032	0.69	0.2	0.45+0.24/-0.25	12032	149498	Hogg Rock Ptit, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7866	35	25	30±5	7866	150216	Manning Site, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-6977	17.6	14.4	16±1.6	6977	149514	Hoot-En-Anne Occurrence (Crow), Quartzville District, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29712	25	17	21±4	29712	149526	Houf Property, Quartzville District, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-6964	45	35	40±5	6964	151435	Savage Group (Vandalia; Montana Mining Company; Golden West), Quartzville District, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-11658	32.1	31.3	31.7±0.4	11658	151282	Ridgeway Pit, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7873	42	41	41.5±0.5	7873	151282	Ridgeway Pit, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-50969	34	5	19+15/-14	50969	151292	River Road Pit, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-10961	65	1.8	33.4±31.6	10961	148529	Detroit Dam Occurrence, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-10969	13.2	10.8	12±1.2	10969	148529	Detroit Dam Occurrence, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-10970	13.2	10.8	12±1.2	10970	148529	Detroit Dam Occurrence, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-10971	13.2	10.8	12±1.2	10971	148529	Detroit Dam Occurrence, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-10973	13.2	10.8	12±1.2	10973	148529	Detroit Dam Occurrence, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-10975	13.2	10.8	12±1.2	10975	148529	Detroit Dam Occurrence, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-1102	19	14	16+3/-2	1102	151539	Short Quarry, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7869	36	34	34.9+1.1/-0.9	7869	152950	Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10298415), Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-11660	22.9	22.3	22.6±0.3	11660	153000	Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Quarry (MRDS - 10128290), Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-13278	24	20	22±2	13278	153398	Wiley Creek Quarry, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-13279	24	20	22±2	13279	153398	Wiley Creek Quarry, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-11663	14.2	13.8	14±0.2	11663	153404	Williams Pit, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-50859	24	5	14+10/-9	50859	153404	Williams Pit, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070524	Calapooya River, Dollar, Linn Co., Oregon, USA	https://rruff.info/R070524

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