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 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 2793 |
Alunite (*) | None | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3426 | 966 |
Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 1534 |
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3424 | 9052 |
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 5509 |
Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 1633 |
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3422,3424 | 27770 |
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 5707 |
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3424 | 27198 |
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 3531 |
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3424 | 4165 |
Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 1027 |
Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 1 | 3418 | 910 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3424 | 8173 |
Ferro-actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 129 |
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3424 | 24243 |
Gibbsite (*) | None | Al(OH)3 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 504 |
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 1 | 3418 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3424 | 30554 |
Goslarite (*) | Epsomite | Zn(SO4)·7H2O | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 188 |
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3426 | 6890 |
Hedenbergite (*) | Pyroxene | CaFe2+Si2O6 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 741 |
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 14640 |
Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 1689 |
Hessite (*) | None | Ag2Te | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 804 |
Ilvaite (*) | Ilvaite | CaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH) | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 197 |
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3426 | 2228 |
Johannite (*) | Johannite | Cu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 69 |
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3426 | 5591 |
Mackinawite (*) | None | (Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07) | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 451 |
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3424 | 14899 |
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3424 | 12537 |
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 5674 |
Montmorillonite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 1 | 3420 | 1508 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3426 | 17380 |
Orpiment (*) | Orpiment | As2S3 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 511 |
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3424 | 39462 |
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 3106 |
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 9056 |
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 1 | 3418 | 61156 | ||
Realgar (*) | None | AsS | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 712 |
Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3424 | 2473 |
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3418,3424 | 21482 |
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 1 | 3418 | 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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sedznpb-00007 | 20 | 16 | 20–16 | 23505 | Gualilan-Gualcamayo District (Hualilán Mining District), Villa Mercedes, Jáchal Department, San Juan Province, Argentina | Gualilan | Singer et al. (2009) | USGSOFR2009-1252 |
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