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.

Adelite	Allanite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fayalite ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sanidine ()*	Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thorite ()*
Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allanite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Topaz Zircon

43 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1079	1075	8	187752,187766,187771,187776,187777,187796,187856,187858	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1079	1075	5	187781,187785,187788,187791,187796	706
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	187721,187722	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1079	1075	1	187766	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1079	1075	2	187759,187773	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	187856	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	187826	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1079	1075	3	187766,187777,187858	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	187843,187844	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄			1	187870	321
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	187843,187844	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)			2	187843,187844	363
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	187856	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1079	1075	3	187766,187771,187824	414
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1079	1075	3	187764,187766,187862	371
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1079	1075	1	187766	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1079	1075	15	187764,187766,187769,187771,187772,187773,187778,187781,187785,187786,187790,187792,187796,187858,187862	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1079	1075	1	187766	163
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			10	187697,187720,187725,187726,187744,187748,187749,187750,187751,187758	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	187855	6890
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			2	187764,187862	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			2	187764,187862	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1079	1075	1	187766	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1079	1075	1	187766	243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	187843,187844	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1079	1075	1	187766	770
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1079	1075	25	187752,187766,187767,187769,187771,187772,187773,187776,187777,187781,187782,187783,187784,187785,187786,187787,187788,187790,187791,187792,187796,187852,187856,187858,187867	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	187765	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	187856	1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	187696	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	187856	2349
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	1079	1075	1	187766	89
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	187856	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1079	1075	1	187766	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1079	1075	18	187759,187766,187767,187777,187778,187779,187780,187781,187782,187784,187787,187790,187792,187848,187856,187858,187859,187870	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1079	1075	2	187766,187795	353
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	187752	598
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			5	187720,187748,187749,187750,187751	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			2	187843,187844	1101
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1079	1075	4	187781,187783,187785,187788	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1079	1075	6	187766,187776,187777,187784,187787,187796	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1079	1075	1	187783	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1079	1075	1	187766	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-04311	1743.92	1603.92	1673.92±70	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		112638	Saddle Rock Ranch, Kassler Area, Douglas Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04312	1743.92	1603.92	1673.92±70	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		112638	Saddle Rock Ranch, Kassler Area, Douglas Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-04313	1743.92	1603.92	1673.92±70	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		112638	Saddle Rock Ranch, Kassler Area, Douglas Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr
Bradley_2012_132	1079	1075	1077±2	Ar/Ar			Yes	3668	Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA	Pike's Peak	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050193	Devils Head Mine (Devils Head Pegmatite), Devils Head Pegmatite District, Douglas Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R050193

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