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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Acanthite (*) | Acanthite | Ag2S | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 2793 | |
Alunite (*) | None | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 966 | |
Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 1588 | |
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 11547 | |
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 5516 | |
Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 925 | |
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 5707 | |
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 5 | 3.8 | 2 | 2883,2884 | 27198 |
Colusite (*) | Sphalerite Germanite | Cu13VAs3S16 | 5 | 3.8 | 2 | 2883,2884 | 110 |
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 4165 | |
Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 5 | 3.8 | 2 | 2883,2884 | 910 |
Famatinite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu3SbS4 | 5 | 3.8 | 2 | 2883,2884 | 163 |
Fibroferrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Fe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 107 | |
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 24243 | |
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 30554 | |
Goldfieldite (*) | Tetrahedrite | (Cu4 2)Cu6Te4S13 | 5 | 3.8 | 2 | 2883,2884 | 72 |
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 6890 | |
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 14640 | |
Hessite (*) | None | Ag2Te | 5 | 3.8 | 1 | 2883 | 804 |
Idaite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu3FeS4 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 142 | |
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 5591 | |
Luzonite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu3AsS4 | 5 | 3.8 | 2 | 2883,2884 | 198 |
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 14899 | |
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 12537 | |
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 5674 | |
Mawsonite (*) | None | Cu6Fe2SnS8 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 92 | |
Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 5800 | |
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 17380 | |
Pearceite (*) | Polybasite | [Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7] | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 249 | |
Polybasite (*) | Polybasite | [Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7] | 5 | 3.8 | 1 | 2883 | 716 |
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 5 | 3.8 | 2 | 2883,2884 | 39462 |
Pyrophyllite (*) | Clay Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 771 | |
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 9056 | |
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 5 | 3.8 | 1 | 2883 | 61156 |
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 5 | 3.8 | 1 | 2883 | 5186 |
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 21482 | |
Stannite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu2FeSnS4 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 668 | |
Stannoidite (*) | Stannoidite | Cu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 80 | |
Stützite (*) | None | Ag5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36) | 5 | 3.8 | 1 | 2883 | 92 |
Svanbergite (*) | Alunite | SrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 105 | |
Sylvanite (*) | Melonite | AgAuTe4 | 5 | 3.8 | 1 | 2883 | 337 |
Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 5 | 3.8 | 2 | 2883,2884 | 1803 |
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 5 | 3.8 | 1 | 2883 | 5317 |
Uytenbogaardtite (*) | Uytenbogaardtite | Ag3AuS2 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 46 | |
Wittichenite (*) | None | Cu3BiS3 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 297 | |
Zunyite (*) | None | Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 86 |
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-00065 | 5 | 3.8 | 5–3.8 | Alunite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Famatinite, Gold, Goldfieldite, Hematite, Idaite, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Svanbergite, Sylvanite, Zunyite | Cu | 23362 | Nevados De Famatina Cu-Au Deposit (La Estrechura), Chilecito, Chilecito Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina | Nevados de Famatina | Singer et al. (2008) | USGSOFR2008_1155 |
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