Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Fluorite	Formate	Gismondine	Kaolinite	Natroautunite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite
Tobermorite	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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Fluorite Formate Gismondine Kaolinite Natroautunite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Thomsonite
Tobermorite Zircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Abernathyite ()*	Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinoenstatite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Formicaite ()*
Galena ()*	Garronite-Ca ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Gold ()*	Heinrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Nováčekite-I ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jordisite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magadiite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metaheinrichite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Natron ()*	Offretite ()*	Opal ()*
Orpiment ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Protoenstatite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Qilianshanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Saléeite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tobermorite ()*
Trögerite ()*	Trona ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranospinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Abernathyite ()*	Natroautunite	K(UO₂)(AsO₄)·3H₂O	1	260535	16
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	260572,260579	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	260462	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	260535	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	260461,260565	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	260529,260535	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	260491,260579	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	260462,260474,260476,260491,260565	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	260475,260579	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	17	260491,260493,260505,260506,260507,260508,260535,260541,260544,260560,260564,260572,260573,260576,260577,260579,260584	2600
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	260566	94
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	260535	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	260566,260568	3846
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	260462	84
Formicaite ()*	Formate	Ca(CHOO)₂	1	260465	4
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	260474,260475,260476,260535,260579	24243
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	1	260462	66
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	1	260465	57
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	260579	30554
Heinrichite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O	1	260535	18
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	260579	14640
Nováčekite-I ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	260529	55
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	1	260535	123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	260579	2228
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	1	260535	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	260535,260579	5591
Magadiite ()*	None	Na₂Si₁₄O₂₈(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	260465	11
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	260461,260565	14899
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	260491	397
Metaheinrichite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	260535	19
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	260535	1508
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	1	260465	78
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	1	260465	51
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	2	260462,260524	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	8	260485,260511,260515,260567,260569,260576,260579,260584	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	260535	511
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	260535	477
Protoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	260566	1
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	260474,260475,260476,260491,260529,260535,260544,260579	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	260579	9056
Qilianshanite ()*	None	NaH₄(CO₃)(BO₃)·2H₂O	1	260465	2
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	260474,260476,260491,260511,260535,260579	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	260535	712
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	1	260529	95
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	260474,260475,260476	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	260535,260579	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	260579	5317
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	1	260465	64
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	260462,260523	452
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	260535	114
Trögerite ()*	Natroautunite	(H₃O)(UO₂)(AsO₄)·3H₂O	1	260535	22
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	260465	129
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	260529,260535	2718
Uranospinite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O	1	260535	51

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
	NAVDAT-49857	0.799	0.681	0.74±0.059					49857						150579	Newberry Crater Area, Lake Co., Oregon, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060254	White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA	https://rruff.info/R060254
X050110	Oregon Sunstone Public Collection Area, Plush, Lake Co., Oregon, USA	https://rruff.info/X050110

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