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.

Allophane	Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Gismondine	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Wollastonite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*	Garronite-Ca ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Slawsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Gismondine Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Titanite Wollastonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	262028	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	262001	1627
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	261981,261984,262014,262017,262022,262113	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	12	261981,261993,262001,262002,262028,262084,262086,262103,262105,262113,262119,262135	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	261981,262113,262133	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26	261981,261984,261988,261993,262013,262014,262040,262041,262042,262046,262049,262069,262082,262086,262087,262089,262094,262097,262105,262113,262122,262127,262130,262133,262134,262135	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	262014	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	261984	3846
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	262001	84
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	13	261981,261984,262069,262080,262086,262087,262094,262105,262113,262122,262127,262133,262135	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	262135	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	262082,262084,262095,262098,262102	24243
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	1	262001	66
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	262080	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	261988,262014,262041,262042,262049,262076	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	261988,262041,262042,262046,262049	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	14	261984,261993,262013,262017,262022,262085,262086,262087,262089,262102,262111,262113,262121,262127	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	11	262013,262016,262025,262086,262094,262102,262105,262114,262127,262133,262135	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	262014	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	262001	1236
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	262028	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	261993	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	28	261974,261988,262026,262028,262039,262040,262041,262042,262046,262049,262077,262080,262081,262084,262085,262086,262087,262088,262094,262095,262103,262105,262116,262122,262126,262132,262135,262136	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	262105	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	28	261981,261984,261993,262013,262014,262022,262039,262040,262046,262080,262081,262082,262084,262086,262087,262097,262102,262105,262111,262113,262119,262121,262127,262130,262133,262134,262135,262136	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4	262086,262105,262114,262135	4894
Slawsonite ()*	None	Sr(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	262028	12
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	262082,262084,262095,262098,262105	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	262014	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	262082	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	262001	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	262086	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	262105	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050281	Pete's Point, Aneroid Lake, Joseph, Wallowa Co., Oregon, USA	https://rruff.info/R050281

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