Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Blödite	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Northupite	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Starkeyite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Abelsonite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Blödite ()*	Burkeite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cryolite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nahcolite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Northupite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rilandite ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Schröckingerite ()*	Searlesite ()*	Shortite ()*
Siderite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Trona ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*
Wegscheiderite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	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: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O S Si U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Baryte Blödite Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Kaolinite Kieserite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Northupite Not in a structural group Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Starkeyite Wurtzite Zircon

48 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
Abelsonite ()*	Not in a structural group	NiC₃₁H₃₂N₄	56	33.9	1	195348	10
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	195342	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	56	33.9	2	195342,195348	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			3	195340,195341,195382	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	195343	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	195340	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	195340	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂			1	195342	83
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	195340	130
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)			1	195340	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	195340,195346	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			9	195313,195314,195315,195316,195317,195318,195326,195327,195339	1184
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆			1	195340	50
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	33.9	4	195336,195341,195342,195348	90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	195340,195349	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	195340	9617
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	195340	504
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			7	195340,195374,195375,195376,195377,195378,195379	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	56	33.9	4	195336,195341,195344,195348	1398
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	195340	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	195342	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	195342	5674
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	195334	43
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	195340	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	195340	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	56	33.9	5	195336,195341,195344,195348,195350	78
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	195349	64
Northupite ()*	Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl			2	195344,195350	31
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	195340	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	195342	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	195342	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	195342	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	195335,195340	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	195340	375
Rilandite ()*	None	Cr₆SiO₁₁·5H₂O (?)			1	195339	1
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	195311	253
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	195355	598
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O			1	195352	128
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂			2	195344,195350	34
Shortite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃			2	195341,195344	37
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	195342	6417
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	195340	79
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O			1	195340	139
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O			1	195344	129
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			9	195313,195314,195315,195317,195318,195321,195326,195327,195330	628
Wegscheiderite ()*	None	Na₅H₃(CO₃)₄			1	195344	8
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	195342	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	195340	5251

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
	Michelle_0016	56	33.9	56-33.9	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition							Abelsonite		118255	Piceance Creek Basin Saline Deposits (Piceance Creek Basin Nahcolite And Dawsonite Deposits), Piceance Creek Basin, Rio Blanco Co., Colorado, USA	Piceance Creek Basin Saline Deposits	Mason et al. (1989)	10.1016/0146-6380(89)90038-7	OG14_585

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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